Improved SIFTER v2 algorithm for long-term GOME-2A satellite retrievals of fluorescence with a correction for instrument degradation

van Schaik, Erik; Kooreman, Maurits L.; Stammes, Piet; Tilstra, L. Gijsbert; Tuinder, Olaf N. E.; Sanders, Abram F. J.; Verstraeten, Willem W.; Lang, Rüdiger; Cacciari, Alessandra; Joiner, Joanna; Peters, Wouter; Boersma, K. Folkert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4295-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4295-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-4295-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

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14 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 14 Aug 2020

Improved SIFTER v2 algorithm for long-term GOME-2A satellite retrievals of fluorescence with a correction for instrument degradation

Erik van Schaik, Maurits L. Kooreman, Piet Stammes, L. Gijsbert Tilstra, Olaf N. E. Tuinder, Abram F. J. Sanders, Willem W. Verstraeten, Rüdiger Lang, Alessandra Cacciari, Joanna Joiner, Wouter Peters, and K. Folkert Boersma

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RC1: 'Review of “Improved SIFTER v2 algorithm for long-term GOME-2A satellite retrievals of fluorescence with a correction for instrument degradation”', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Feb 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to Interactive comment by Referee #1', Folkert Boersma, 15 Jun 2020
RC2: 'delayed review', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Interactive comment by Referee #2', Folkert Boersma, 15 Jun 2020

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AR by Folkert Boersma on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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AR by Folkert Boersma on behalf of the Authors (02 Jul 2020)

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With our improved algorithm we have generated a stable, long-term dataset of fluorescence measurements from the GOME-2A satellite instrument. In this study we determined a correction for the degradation of GOME-2A in orbit and applied this correction along with other improvements to our SIFTER v2 retrieval algorithm. The result is a coherent dataset of daily and monthly averaged fluorescence values for the period 2007–2018 to track worldwide changes in photosynthetic activity by vegetation.