The first evaluation of formaldehyde column observations by improved Pandora spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ field study

Spinei, Elena; Whitehill, Andrew; Fried, Alan; Tiefengraber, Martin; Knepp, Travis N.; Herndon, Scott; Herman, Jay R.; Müller, Moritz; Abuhassan, Nader; Cede, Alexander; Richter, Dirk; Walega, James; Crawford, James; Szykman, James; Valin, Lukas; Williams, David J.; Long, Russell; Swap, Robert J.; Lee, Youngjae; Nowak, Nabil; Poche, Brett

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4943-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4943-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4943-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 9

Research article

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31 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 31 Aug 2018

The first evaluation of formaldehyde column observations by improved Pandora spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ field study

Elena Spinei, Andrew Whitehill, Alan Fried, Martin Tiefengraber, Travis N. Knepp, Scott Herndon, Jay R. Herman, Moritz Müller, Nader Abuhassan, Alexander Cede, Dirk Richter, James Walega, James Crawford, James Szykman, Lukas Valin, David J. Williams, Russell Long, Robert J. Swap, Youngjae Lee, Nabil Nowak, and Brett Poche

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript "The First Evaluation of Formaldehyde Column Observations by Pandora Spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ Field Study" by Spinei et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 May 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 comments', Elena Spinei, 18 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Review of “The First Evaluation of Formaldehyde Column Observations by Pandora Spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ Field Study”, by Spinei et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 May 2018
- AC2: 'Responses to reviewer 1 comments', Elena Spinei, 18 Jul 2018
RC3: 'Comments to "The First Evaluation of Formaldehyde Column Observations by Pandora Spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ Field Study"', Anonymous Referee #3, 21 May 2018
- AC3: 'responses to reviewer 3 comments', Elena Spinei, 18 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Elena Spinei on behalf of the Authors (27 Jul 2018)

ED: Publish as is (01 Aug 2018) by Hendrik Fuchs

AR by Elena Spinei on behalf of the Authors (08 Aug 2018)

Short summary

Formaldehyde is toxic to humans and is formed in the atmosphere in the presence of air pollution, but the measurements are sparse. Pandonia Global Network instruments measure total formaldehyde column from the surface to the top of troposphere and will be widely available. This study compared formaldehyde Pandora columns with the surface and aircraft-integrated columns near Seoul, South Korea. Relatively good agreement was observed between the three datasets with some overestimation by Pandora.