Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
(SAO OMPS) formaldehyde retrieval

González Abad, Gonzalo; Vasilkov, Alexander; Seftor, Colin; Liu, Xiong; Chance, Kelly

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2797-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2797-2016

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07 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 07 Jul 2016

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (SAO OMPS) formaldehyde retrieval

Gonzalo González Abad, Alexander Vasilkov, Colin Seftor, Xiong Liu, and Kelly Chance

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Final revised paper (published on 07 Jul 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 07 Sep 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C4670: 'Review of SAO OMPS formaldehyde retrieval', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Jan 2016
- AC C5778: 'Answer has been uploaded as a supplement', Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad, 21 Mar 2016
RC C5371: 'Review of the SAO OMPS HCHO retrieval', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Feb 2016
- AC C5779: 'Answer upladed as supplement', Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad, 21 Mar 2016

Short summary

The multi-spectral possibilities of the OMPS Nadir Mapper instrument are exploited here to perform formaldehyde retrievals. Orbiting the Earth at 824 km, OMPS observes the atmosphere in a time frame similar to instruments belonging to NASA's A-Train constellation, 01:30. We show that OMPS is well suited to measure formaldehyde despite its spectral resolution of 1nm. The comparison of OMPS retrievals with OMI products show good temporal correlation.