Validation of MOPITT carbon monoxide using ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectrometer data from NDACC

Buchholz, Rebecca R.; Deeter, Merritt N.; Worden, Helen M.; Gille, John; Edwards, David P.; Hannigan, James W.; Jones, Nicholas B.; Paton-Walsh, Clare; Griffith, David W. T.; Smale, Dan; Robinson, John; Strong, Kimberly; Conway, Stephanie; Sussmann, Ralf; Hase, Frank; Blumenstock, Thomas; Mahieu, Emmanuel; Langerock, Bavo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1927-2017

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01 Jun 2017

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Validation of MOPITT carbon monoxide using ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectrometer data from NDACC

Rebecca R. Buchholz, Merritt N. Deeter, Helen M. Worden, John Gille, David P. Edwards, James W. Hannigan, Nicholas B. Jones, Clare Paton-Walsh, David W. T. Griffith, Dan Smale, John Robinson, Kimberly Strong, Stephanie Conway, Ralf Sussmann, Frank Hase, Thomas Blumenstock, Emmanuel Mahieu, and Bavo Langerock

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RC1: 'Referee's comment: Validation of MOPITT carbon monoxide using ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectrometer data from NDACC', Hugh C. Pumphrey, 25 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments.', Rebecca Buchholz, 09 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Referee's comment on “Validation of MOPITT carbon monoxide using ground-based Fourier transform infrared spectrometer data from NDACC” by Rebecca R. Buchholz et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2 comments', Rebecca Buchholz, 09 Jan 2017

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The study presents the first systematic use of ground-based remote-sensing data from the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) to validate satellite-based Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) total column carbon monoxide (CO). MOPITT generally shows low bias with respect to the ground-based instruments. The geographic and temporal dependence of validation results are determined. Our findings inform some recommendations for using MOPITT measurements.