Validation of ACE-FTS v2.2 methane profiles from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: . The ACE-FTS (Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment – Fourier Transform Spectrometer) solar occultation instrument that was launched onboard the Canadian SCISAT-1 satellite in August 2003 is measuring vertical profiles from the upper troposphere to the lower mesosphere for a large number of atmospheric constituents. Methane is one of the key species. The version v2.2 data of the ACE-FTS CH4 data have been compared to correlative satellite, balloon-borne and ground-based Fourier transform infrared remote sensing data to assess their quality. The comparison results indicate that the accuracy of the data is within 10% in the upper troposphere – lower stratosphere, and within 25% in the middle and higher stratosphere up to the lower mesosphere (<60 km). The observed differences are generally consistent with reported systematic uncertainties. ACE-FTS is also shown to reproduce the variability of methane in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere.
Authors: M. De Mazière, C. Vigouroux, P. F. Bernath, P. Baron, T. Blumenstock, C. Boone, C. Brogniez, V. Catoire, M. Coffey, P. Duchatelet, D. Griffith, J. Hannigan, Y. Kasai, I. Kramer, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, G. L. Manney, C. Piccolo, C. Randall, C. Robert, C. Senten, K. Strong, J. Taylor, C. Tétard, K. A. Walker, S. Wood
Institutions: Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, University of Waterloo, University of York, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université d'Orléans, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l’Environnement et de l’Espace, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, University of Liège, University of Wollongong, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, University of Oxford, University of Colorado Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Toronto, Université de Lille, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,725
OpenAlex ID: W2170828086