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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2417-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2417-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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10 Jun 2015
Research article |
| 10 Jun 2015
Tropospheric nitrogen dioxide column retrieval from ground-based zenith–sky DOAS observations
F. Tack
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
F. Hendrick
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
F. Goutail
LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Guyancourt, France
C. Fayt
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
A. Merlaud
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
G. Pinardi
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
C. Hermans
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
J.-P. Pommereau
LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Guyancourt, France
M. Van Roozendael
BIRA-IASB, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium
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- Ozone Lidar Observations in the City of Paris: Seasonal Variability and Role of The Nocturnal Low Level Jet G. Ancellet et al.
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- Near-surface and path-averaged mixing ratios of NO2 derived from car DOAS zenith-sky and tower DOAS off-axis measurements in Vienna: a case study S. Schreier et al.
- Spectroscopic Remote Sensing of NO2 Levels in Urban Air D. Ionov et al.
- Ozone Lidar Observations in the City of Paris: Seasonal Variability and Role of The Nocturnal Low Level Jet G. Ancellet et al.
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic related to lockdown measures on tropospheric NO2 columns over Île-de-France A. Pazmiño et al.
- Solar FTIR measurements of NOx vertical distributions – Part 1: First observational evidence of a seasonal variation in the diurnal increasing rates of stratospheric NO2 and NO P. Nürnberg et al.
- Understanding temporal and spatial changes of O3 or NO2 concentrations combining multivariate data analysis methods and air quality transport models S. Platikanov et al.
- High-resolution mapping of the NO2 spatial distribution over Belgian urban areas based on airborne APEX remote sensing F. Tack et al.
- Source contribution analysis of tropospheric NO2 based on two-dimensional MAX-DOAS measurements T. Yang et al.
- Retrieval of total column and surface NO2 from Pandora zenith-sky measurements X. Zhao et al.
- Shipborne MAX-DOAS measurements for validation of TROPOMI NO2 products P. Wang et al.
- Characterizing the seasonal cycle and vertical structure of ozone in Paris, France using four years of ground based LIDAR measurements in the lowermost troposphere A. Klein et al.
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Short summary
An algorithm is presented for retrieving tropospheric NO2 vertical column densities from ground-based zenith-sky (ZS) measurements of scattered sunlight. The different steps are fully characterized and recommendations are given for each of them. The retrieval algorithm is applied on a 2-month ZS data set acquired during the CINDI campaign and on a 2-year data set acquired at the OHP NDACC station. The error budget assessment indicates that the overall error on the column values is less than 28%.
An algorithm is presented for retrieving tropospheric NO2 vertical column densities from...
