CH4, CO, and H2O spectroscopy for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission: an assessment with the Total Carbon Column Observing Network measurements

A. Galli, A. Butz, R.A. Scheepmaker, O. Hasekamp, J. Landgraf, P.J.J. Tol, D. Wunch, N.M. Deutscher, G.C. Toon, P.O. Wennberg, D.W.T. Griffith, E.A.A. Aben

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Abstract

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) will be part of ESA's Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) satellite platform scheduled for launch in 2015. TROPOMI will monitor methane and carbon monoxide concentrations in the Earth's atmosphere by measuring spectra of back-scattered sunlight in the short-wave infrared (SWIR). S5P will be the first satellite mission to rely uniquely on the spectral window at 4190-4340 cm-1 (2.3 μm) to retrieve CH4 and CO. In this study, we investigated if the absorption features of the three relevant molecules CH4, CO, and H
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1387-1398
JournalAtmospheric Measurement
Volume5
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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