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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5189-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-5189-2015
© 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 Dec 2015
Research article |
| 10 Dec 2015
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite observations of ammonia, methanol, formic acid, and carbon monoxide over the Canadian oil sands: validation and model evaluation
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
C. A. McLinden
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
K. E. Cady-Pereira
Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
M. Luo
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
S. G. Moussa
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A. Leithead
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J. Liggio
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
R. M. Staebler
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A. Akingunola
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P. Makar
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
P. Lehr
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J. Zhang
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
D. K. Henze
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
D. B. Millet
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
J. O. Bash
US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
L. Zhu
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
K. C. Wells
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
S. L. Capps
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
S. Chaliyakunnel
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
M. Gordon
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Department of Earth and Space Science Engineering, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
K. Hayden
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J. R. Brook
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M. Wolde
National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Short summary
This study provides direct validations of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite retrieved profiles against coincident aircraft profiles of carbon monoxide, ammonia, methanol, and formic acid, all of which are of interest for air quality. The comparisons are performed over the Canadian oil sands region during an intensive field campaign in support of the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for the Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM). Initial model evaluations are also provided.
This study provides direct validations of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite...
