Multistation intercomparison of column-averaged methane from NDACC and TCCON: impact of dynamical variability

Ostler, A.; Sussmann, R.; Rettinger, M.; Deutscher, N. M.; Dohe, S.; Hase, F.; Jones, N.; Palm, M.; Sinnhuber, B.-M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4081-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4081-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4081-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 12

Research article

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03 Dec 2014

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2014

Multistation intercomparison of column-averaged methane from NDACC and TCCON: impact of dynamical variability

A. Ostler, R. Sussmann, M. Rettinger, N. M. Deutscher, S. Dohe, F. Hase, N. Jones, M. Palm, and B.-M. Sinnhuber

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RC C2001: 'review of Ostler et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Aug 2014
RC C2552: 'Review', Christian Frankenberg, 09 Sep 2014
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Short summary

Ground-based FTIR soundings of column-average methane from NDACC and TCCON can be combined without the need to apply an overall calibration factor. NDACC and TCCON measurements complement one another and provide valuable information for satellite validation, evaluation of chemical-transport models, and source-sink inversions. The impact of dynamical variability on NDACC and TCCON retrievals of column-average methane is reflected in different smoothing effects.