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Research article
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14 Mar 2023
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2023
| 14 Mar 2023
Validation of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 products by comparison with NO2 measurements from airborne imaging DOAS, ground-based stationary DOAS, and mobile car DOAS measurements during the S5P-VAL-DE-Ruhr campaign
Kezia Lange
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Andreas Richter
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Anja Schönhardt
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Andreas C. Meier
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Tim Bösch
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
André Seyler
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Kai Krause
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Lisa K. Behrens
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Folkard Wittrock
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Alexis Merlaud
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Frederik Tack
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Caroline Fayt
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Martina M. Friedrich
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Ermioni Dimitropoulou
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Van Roozendael
BIRA-IASB, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
Vinod Kumar
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Sebastian Donner
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Steffen Dörner
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Bianca Lauster
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Maria Razi
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Christian Borger
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Katharina Uhlmannsiek
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Thomas Wagner
Satellite Remote Sensing, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Thomas Ruhtz
Institute for Space Science, FU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Henk Eskes
KNMI, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Birger Bohn
Institute of Energy and Climate Research, IEK-8: Troposphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Daniel Santana Diaz
LuftBlick, Innsbruck, Austria
Nader Abuhassan
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dirk Schüttemeyer
European Space Agency, ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands
John P. Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
We present airborne imaging DOAS and ground-based stationary and car DOAS measurements conducted during the S5P-VAL-DE-Ruhr campaign in the Rhine-Ruhr region. The measurements are used to validate spaceborne NO2 data products from the Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI). Auxiliary data of the TROPOMI NO2 retrieval, such as spatially higher resolved a priori NO2 vertical profiles, surface reflectivity, and cloud treatment are investigated to evaluate their impact.
We present airborne imaging DOAS and ground-based stationary and car DOAS measurements conducted...
