Articles | Volume 7, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4081-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-4081-2014
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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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.
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