Articles | Volume 8, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1447-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-1447-2015
Research article
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20 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2015

Cross-validation of IASI/MetOp derived tropospheric δD with TES and ground-based FTIR observations

J.-L. Lacour, L. Clarisse, J. Worden, M. Schneider, S. Barthlott, F. Hase, C. Risi, C. Clerbaux, D. Hurtmans, and P.-F. Coheur

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This paper describes a cross-validation study of tropospheric δD (HDO/H2O ratio) profiles retrieved from IASI spectra (retrieval performed at ULB). We document how these profiles compare to profiles derived from TES/AURA sounder and from three ground-based FTIRs of the NDACC network (produced within the MUSICA project). We show that empirical differences are in agreement with the theoretical expected differences which are dominated by IASI observational and the smoothing error components.
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