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Published August 20, 2012 | Published
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Aircraft measurements of carbon dioxide and methane for the calibration of ground-based high-resolution Fourier Transform Spectrometers and a comparison to GOSAT data measured over Tsukuba and Moshiri

Abstract

Aircraft measurements of carbon dioxide and methane over Tsukuba (36.05° N, 140.12° E) (February 2010) and Moshiri (44.36° N, 142.26° E) (August 2009) were made to calibrate ground-based high-resolution Fourier Transform Spectrometers (g-b FTSs) and to compare with the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT). The aircraft measurements over Tsukuba in February 2010 were successful in synchronizing with both the g-b FTS and GOSAT for the first time. Airborne in situ and flask-sampling instruments were mounted on the aircraft, and measurements were carried out between altitudes of 0.5 and 7 km to obtain vertical profiles of carbon dioxide (CO_2), methane (CH_4), and other gaseous species. By comparing the g-b FTS measurements with the airborne measurements, the column-averaged dry air mole fractions of CO_2 (X_(CO_2)) and CH_4 (X_(CH_4)) retrieved from the g-b FTS measurements at Tsukuba were biased low by 0.33 ± 0.11% for X_(CO_2) and 0.69 ± 0.29% for X_(CH_4). The g-b FTS values at Moshiri were biased low by 1.24% for X_(CO_2) and 2.11% for X_(CH_4). The GOSAT data show biases that are 3.1% ± 1.7% lower for X_(CO_2) and 2.5% ± 0.8% lower for X_(CH_4) than the aircraft measurements obtained over Tsukuba.

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© 2012 Author(s). CC Attribution 3.0 License. Received: 28 December 2011; Published in Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss.: 23 February 2012; Revised: 20 June 2012; Accepted: 6 July 2012; Published: 20 August 2012. We are deeply grateful to the NIES GOSAT project members for their useful comments. This work was financially supported by the Ministry of the Environment, which made completing this study possible. Edited by: D. Feist

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