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Carbon Monoxide Variations in the Antarctic Atmosphere from Ground-Based and Satellite Measurement Data

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The results of systematic (2003–2017) measurements of the total content and height-averaged relative volume concentration of CO at st. Novolazarevskaya with a spectrometer with a resolution of 0.2 cm–1 are presented. The inverse problem of determining the total content of CO as well as interfering gases (H2O and N2O) was solved using the SFIT4 software package. A data analysis indicated that during the measurements the average total CO content at st. Novolazarevskaya was (8 ± 2) 1017 molecules/cm2 and the height-averaged volume concentration was (37 ± 8) ppb. The resulting data were compared with variations in the total CO content at st. Arrival-Heights, MOPITT satellite data, and CO surface concentrations at st. Syowa. The maximum and minimum values of CO were observed in September and January–February, respectively. For all the data series considered, the trends are insignificant; in this case, an increased CO content was observed in 2010, and an increasing trend of the minimum values of CO was observed in recent years (2014–2017). Both stations (Novolazarevskaya and Arrival-Heights) are characterized by an excess of satellite data over ground-based measurement data (19% and 14%, respectively); here, a seasonal dependence of the deviation was observed with minimal deviations in December–January. Data of surface measurements of the total content at st. Novolazarevskaya and Arrival-Heights are rather well consistent, and the average deviation since 2010 was 2.4%. The average concentration of CO at st. Syowa (51 ppb) is higher than the height-averaged concentration at st. Novolazarevskaya. According to spectral, wavelet, and composite analyzes, all data series considered include oscillations in the range of 6–45 months with almost identical periods and phase relationships.

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The authors are grateful to V. F. Radionov for assistance in the arrangement of activities in Antarctica.

The authors are grateful to the research teams that provided us access to the following databases: Multispectral CO Total Column (MOPITT, Giovanni online data system), FTIR CO Total Column (NDACC), and Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide Dry Air Mole Fractions (ESRL).

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    V. P. Ustinov, E. L. Baranova, K. N. Visheratin, M. I. Grachev & A. V. Kal’sin

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Ustinov, V.P., Baranova, E.L., Visheratin, K.N. et al. Carbon Monoxide Variations in the Antarctic Atmosphere from Ground-Based and Satellite Measurement Data. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 55, 1210–1217 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433819090536

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