Underestimation of column NO2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments
Abstract
Retrievals of total column NO2 (TCNO2) are compared for 14 sites from the Ozone Measuring Instrument (OMI using OMNO2-NASA v3.1) on the AURA satellite and from multiple ground-based PANDORA spectrometer instruments making direct-sun measurements. While OMI accurately provides the daily global distribution of retrieved TCNO2, OMI almost always underestimates the local amount of TCNO2 by 50 % to 100 % in polluted areas, while occasionally the daily OMI value exceeds that measured by PANDORA at very clean sites. Compared to local ground-based or aircraft measurements, OMI cannot resolve spatially variable TCNO2 pollution within a city or urban areas, which makes it less suitable for air quality assessments related to human health. In addition to systematic underestimates in polluted areas, OMI's selected 13:30 Equator crossing timepolar orbit causes it to miss the frequently much higher values of TCNO2 that occur before or after the OMI overpass time. Six discussed Northern Hemisphere PANDORA sites have multi-year data records (Busan,Seoul, Washington DC, Waterflow, New Mexico, Boulder, Colorado, and Mauna Loa),and one site in the Southern Hemisphere (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The first four of these sites and Buenos Aires frequently have high TCNO2(TCNO2 > 0.5 DU). Eight additional sites have shorter-term data records inmore »
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD (United States)
- Yonsei National Univ., Seoul (South Korea). Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
- Pusan National Univ., Busan (South Korea). Dept. of Atmospheric Science
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Earth Systems Observations
- Dept. de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones (DEILAP), Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicaspara la Defensa (CITEDEF), Ministerio de Defensa (MINDEF), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
- City College of New York, New York City, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1573996
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-19-23208
Journal ID: ISSN 1867-8548
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online); Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1867-8548
- Publisher:
- European Geosciences Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Earth Sciences; Energy Sciences; Remote Sensing; Nitrogen Dioxide; Satellite; Air Quality; Ozone; OMI; Pandora
Citation Formats
Herman, Jay, Abuhassan, Nader, Kim, Jhoon, Kim, Jae, Dubey, Manvendra Krishna, Raponi, Marcelo, and Tzortziou, Maria. Underestimation of column NO2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.5194/amt-12-5593-2019.
Herman, Jay, Abuhassan, Nader, Kim, Jhoon, Kim, Jae, Dubey, Manvendra Krishna, Raponi, Marcelo, & Tzortziou, Maria. Underestimation of column NO2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments. United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5593-2019
Herman, Jay, Abuhassan, Nader, Kim, Jhoon, Kim, Jae, Dubey, Manvendra Krishna, Raponi, Marcelo, and Tzortziou, Maria. Wed .
"Underestimation of column NO2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments". United States. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5593-2019. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1573996.
@article{osti_1573996,
title = {Underestimation of column NO2 amounts from the OMI satellite compared to diurnally varying ground-based retrievals from multiple PANDORA spectrometer instruments},
author = {Herman, Jay and Abuhassan, Nader and Kim, Jhoon and Kim, Jae and Dubey, Manvendra Krishna and Raponi, Marcelo and Tzortziou, Maria},
abstractNote = {Retrievals of total column NO2 (TCNO2) are compared for 14 sites from the Ozone Measuring Instrument (OMI using OMNO2-NASA v3.1) on the AURA satellite and from multiple ground-based PANDORA spectrometer instruments making direct-sun measurements. While OMI accurately provides the daily global distribution of retrieved TCNO2, OMI almost always underestimates the local amount of TCNO2 by 50 % to 100 % in polluted areas, while occasionally the daily OMI value exceeds that measured by PANDORA at very clean sites. Compared to local ground-based or aircraft measurements, OMI cannot resolve spatially variable TCNO2 pollution within a city or urban areas, which makes it less suitable for air quality assessments related to human health. In addition to systematic underestimates in polluted areas, OMI's selected 13:30 Equator crossing timepolar orbit causes it to miss the frequently much higher values of TCNO2 that occur before or after the OMI overpass time. Six discussed Northern Hemisphere PANDORA sites have multi-year data records (Busan,Seoul, Washington DC, Waterflow, New Mexico, Boulder, Colorado, and Mauna Loa),and one site in the Southern Hemisphere (Buenos Aires, Argentina). The first four of these sites and Buenos Aires frequently have high TCNO2(TCNO2 > 0.5 DU). Eight additional sites have shorter-term data records in the US and South Korea. One of these is a 1-year data record from a highly polluted site at City College in New York City with pollution levels comparable to Seoul, South Korea. OMI-estimated air mass factor, surface reflectivity, and the OMI 24 km × 13 km FOV (field of view)are three factors that can cause OMI to underestimate TCNO2. Because of the local inhomogeneity of NOx emissions, the large OMI FOV is the most likely factor for consistent underestimates when comparing OMI TCNO2 to retrievals from the small PANDORA effective FOV (measured in m2) calculated from the solar diameter of 0.5°.},
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journal = {Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Online)},
number = 10,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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