Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
AMT
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1129-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1129-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 3
Research article
 | 
09 Mar 2020
Research article |  | 09 Mar 2020

Validation of MAX-DOAS retrievals of aerosol extinction, SO2, and NO2 through comparison with lidar, sun photometer, active DOAS, and aircraft measurements in the Athabasca oil sands region

Zoë Y. W. Davis, Udo Frieß, Kevin B. Strawbridge, Monika Aggarwaal, Sabour Baray, Elijah G. Schnitzler, Akshay Lobo, Vitali E. Fioletov, Ihab Abboud, Chris A. McLinden, Jim Whiteway, Megan D. Willis, Alex K. Y. Lee, Jeff Brook, Jason Olfert, Jason O'Brien, Ralf Staebler, Hans D. Osthoff, Cristian Mihele, and Robert McLaren

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1129-2020-supplement

Data sets

Pollutant Transformation, Summer 2013 Ground-based Intensive Multi Parameters – Fort McKay, Oil Sands Region ECCC Data http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/air/monitor/ambient-air-quality-oil-sands-region/pollutant-transformation-summer-2013-ground-based-intensive-multi-parameters-fort-mckay-oil-sands-region/?lang=en

Pollutant Transformation, Summer 2013 Aircraft Intensive Multi Parameters, Oil Sands Region ECCC Data https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0bd78f8f-c4da-49c3-9bfd-751e6f300567

Pollutant Transformation, Ground-based Pollutant Monitoring Multi Parameters – Validated Data – Fort McKay, Oil Sands Region ECCC Data http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/air/monitor/ambient-air-quality-oil-sands-region/pollutant-transformation-ground-based-pollutant-monitoring-multi-parameters-validated-data-fort-mckay-oil-sands-region/?lang=en

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Short summary
Here, we evaluate a ground-based remote sensing method (MAX-DOAS) for measuring total pollutant loading and vertical profiles of pollution in the lower atmosphere by comparing our method to a variety of other measurement methods (lidar, sunphotometer, active DOAS, and aircraft measurements). Measurements were made in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region in Alberta, Canada. The complex dataset provided a rare opportunity to evaluate the performance of MAX-DOAS under varying atmospheric conditions.
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