Journal article
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite observations of ammonia, methanol, formic acid, and carbon monoxide over the Canadian oil sands: validation and model evaluation
Atmospheric measurement techniques, v 8(12), pp 5189-5211
01 Dec 2015
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Abstract
The wealth of air quality information provided by satellite infrared observations of ammonia (NH3), carbon monoxide (CO), formic acid (HCOOH), and methanol (CH3OH) is currently being explored and used for a number of applications, especially at regional or global scales. These applications include air quality monitoring, trend analysis, emissions, and model evaluation. This study provides one of the first direct validations of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite-retrieved profiles of NH3, CH3OH, and HCOOH through comparisons with coincident aircraft profiles. The comparisons are performed over the Canadian oil sands region during the intensive field campaign (August–September, 2013) in support of the Joint Canada–Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring (JOSM). The satellite/aircraft comparisons over this region during this period produced errors of (i) +0.08 ± 0.25 ppbv for NH3, (ii) +7.5 ± 23 ppbv for CO, (iii) +0.19 ± 0.46 ppbv for HCOOH, and (iv) −1.1 ± 0.39 ppbv for CH3OH. These values mostly agree with previously estimated retrieval errors; however, the relatively large negative bias in CH3OH and the significantly greater positive bias for larger HCOOH and CO values observed during this study warrant further investigation. Satellite and aircraft ammonia observations during the field campaign are also used in an initial effort to perform preliminary evaluations of Environment Canada's Global Environmental Multi-scale – Modelling Air quality and CHemistry (GEM-MACH) air quality modelling system at high resolution (2.5 × 2.5 km2). These initial results indicate a model underprediction of ~ 0.6 ppbv (~ 60 %) for NH3, during the field campaign period. The TES/model CO comparison differences are ~ +20 ppbv (~ +20 %), but given that under these conditions the TES/aircraft comparisons also show a small positive TES CO bias indicates that the overall model underprediction of CO is closer to ~ 10 % at 681 hPa (~ 3 km) during this period.
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- Title
- Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) satellite observations of ammonia, methanol, formic acid, and carbon monoxide over the Canadian oil sands: validation and model evaluation
- Creators
- M. W. Shephard - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaC. A. McLinden - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaK. E. Cady-Pereira - Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER), Lexington, Massachusetts, USAM. Luo - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USAS. G. Moussa - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA. Leithead - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJ. Liggio - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaR. M. Staebler - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA. Akingunola - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaP. Makar - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaP. Lehr - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJ. Zhang - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaD. K. Henze - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USAD. B. Millet - Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USAJ. O. Bash - US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USAL. Zhu - Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USAK. C. Wells - Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USAS. L. Capps - Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USAS. Chaliyakunnel - Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, USAM. Gordon - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaK. Hayden - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJ. R. Brook - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM. Wolde - National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaS.-M. Li - Environment Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Publication Details
- Atmospheric measurement techniques, v 8(12), pp 5189-5211
- Publisher
- Copernicus Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000367384600011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84951794517
- Other Identifier
- 991014878355504721
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