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  • Global Change: Remote sensing
  • Global Change: Atmosphere
  • Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Geochemical cycles

Abstract

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 29, 1269, 4 PP., 2002
doi:10.1029/2001GL014082

Annual and seasonal variations of atmospheric CO2, N2O and CO concentrations retrieved from NOAA/TOVS satellite observations

Alain Chédin

Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Anthony Hollingsworth

ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, UK

Noelle A. Scott

Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Soumia Serrar

Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Cyril Crevoisier

Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

Raymond Armante

Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

We show that atmospheric concentration variations of major greenhouse gases (CO2, N2O, CO) may be retrieved from observations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) polar meteorological satellite series. The method relies on the analysis of the differences between the observations and simulations from a radiative transfer model using collocated radiosonde data and fixed gas concentrations as the prime input. Over the time period considered (July 1987 – September 1991), the results are in good agreement with present knowledge of the atmospheric cycles (seasonal, annual) of the gases. A reanalysis of the more than 20 years archive of NOAA observations has considerable promise for an improved knowledge of the carbon cycle.

Published 30 April 2002.

Citation: Chédin, A., A. Hollingsworth, N. A. Scott, S. Serrar, C. Crevoisier, and R. Armante (2002), Annual and seasonal variations of atmospheric CO2, N2O and CO concentrations retrieved from NOAA/TOVS satellite observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 1269, doi:10.1029/2001GL014082.

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