Parameterization retrieval of trace gas volume mixing ratios from Airborne MAX-DOAS

Dix, Barbara; Koenig, Theodore K.; Volkamer, Rainer

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5655-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5655-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5655-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 11

Research article

|

28 Nov 2016

Research article |

| 28 Nov 2016

Parameterization retrieval of trace gas volume mixing ratios from Airborne MAX-DOAS

Barbara Dix, Theodore K. Koenig, and Rainer Volkamer

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-5655-2016-supplement

Data sets

AMAX-DOAS BrO and IO data TORERO data archive http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=TORERO

Short summary

We present a parameterization method for the conversion of measured trace gas slant column densities into volume mixing ratios along a flight track. Benefits of this method are that it is computationally fast and almost no information on local atmospheric conditions is needed. Application to simulated data and field data show that the method is accurate within 10–15 % and valid for a wide range of atmospheric conditions. Our method can easily be transferred to other trace gases.