Summary: Quantifying the seasonal and interannual variability of North
American isoprene emissions using satellite observations of the
formaldehyde column
Paul I. Palmer,1,2
Dorian S. Abbot,1
Tzung-May Fu,1
Daniel J. Jacob,1
Kelly Chance,3
Thomas P. Kurosu,3
Alex Guenther,4
Christine Wiedinmyer,4
Jenny C. Stanton,5
Michael J. Pilling,5
Shelley N. Pressley,6
Brian Lamb,6
and Anne Louise Sumner7
Received 20 September 2005; revised 19 December 2005; accepted 14 February 2006; published 27 June 2006.
[1] Quantifying isoprene emissions using satellite observations of the formaldehyde
(HCHO) columns is subject to errors involving the column retrieval and the assumed
relationship between HCHO columns and isoprene emissions, taken here from the GEOS-

Source: Abbot, Dorian Schuyler - Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Chance, Kelly - Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Fu, Tzung-May - Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jacob, Daniel J. - School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Palmer, Paul - School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

Collections: Environmental Sciences and Ecology; Geosciences; Physics