Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 10, issue 11
Articles | Volume 10, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4403-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4403-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 11
Research article
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17 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 17 Nov 2017

Quantification of the effect of modeled lightning NO2 on UV–visible air mass factors

Joshua L. Laughner and Ronald C. Cohen

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4403-2017-supplement

Data sets

Demonstration retrievals from "Quantification of the effect of modeled lightning NO2 on UV-visible air mass factors" Joshua L. Laughner and Ronald C. Cohen https://doi.org/10.6078/D19S9D

MODIS/Aqua Clouds 5-Min L2 Swath 1 km and 5 km, NASA MODIS Adaptive Processing System S. Platnick, M. King, G. Wind, S. Ackerman, P. Menzel, and R. Frey https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD06_L2.006

MCD43C3 MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Albedo Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V006 C. Schaaf and Z. Wang https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43C3.006

OMNO2: OMI/Aura Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Total and Tropospheric Column 1-orbit L2 Swath 13x24 km V003 N. A. Krotkov and P. Veefkind https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/OMI/DATA2017

Model code and software

Analysis code and intermediate data for “Quantification of the effect of modeled lightning NO2 on UV-visible air mass factors” Joshua L. Laughner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1001803

AutoWRFChem-Base v0.1.0: Automation for the WRF-Chem model Joshua L. Laughner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.834798

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Short summary
NO2 (a gas that plays an important role in air quality) can be measured by satellite-based instruments. These measurements require a best guess of the vertical distribution of NO2 and are very sensitive to the changes in that distribution near the top of the troposphere (~ 12 km). NO2 concentrations at this altitude are strongly influenced by lightning; therefore, we study how different representations of lightning in models that provide that best guess affect the NO2 measured by satellites.
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