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Validation of TROPOMI Orbital Observations of the CO Total Column by Ground-Based Measurements at the OIAP Stations in Moscow and Zvenigorod

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Carbon monoxide (CO) total column (TC) measurements of the TROPOMI high-resolution orbital spectrometer have been validated by ground-based spectroscopic measurements at sites of the A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics (OIAP), Russian Academy of Sciences, in Moscow and Zvenigorod for the period from June 28, 2018, to December 31, 2021. Correlation coefficients (R) between TROPOMI orbital data and ground-based stationary data are determined and analyzed. The high values of the correlation coefficient are obtained (R ~ 0.81–0.97) depending on the observation point, spatial averaging, and filtration applied. For different averaging of satellite data, the dependences of correlation parameters on the orbital angles, underlying surface albedo, and the height of atmospheric boundary layer are being investigated. No influence of albedo on the correlation parameters of orbital and ground-based measurements is found for both observation sites. No significant dependence of correlation parameters on the viewing zenith angle is detected either. However, the correlation coefficients depend on the viewing azimuth angles and the height of the atmospheric boundary layer. An increase in the correlation is obtained during observations at viewing azimuth angles of less than 40° (up to R ~ 0.97), as well as under an increase in the height of the atmospheric boundary layer (up to R ~ 0.90).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TROPOMI CO data were provided by the European Space Agency. The ABL height calculations are based on the meteorological fields of the Global Data Assimilation System. The authors are grateful to an anonymous referee for useful remarks.

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The research was carried out with the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (agreement no. 075-15-2020-776).

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Rakitin, V.S., Kirillova, N.S., Fedorova, E.I. et al. Validation of TROPOMI Orbital Observations of the CO Total Column by Ground-Based Measurements at the OIAP Stations in Moscow and Zvenigorod. Atmos Ocean Opt 36, 501–511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856023050135

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