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Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: impact of model resolution in versions v9-02 of GEOS-Chem and v35j of its adjoint model

Stanevich, Ilya; Jones, Dylan B. A.; Strong, Kimberly; Parker, Robert J.; Boesch, Hartmut; Wunch, Debra; Notholt, Justus; Petri, Christof; Warneke, Thorsten; Sussmann, Ralf 1; Schneider, Matthias 2; Hase, Frank 2; Kivi, Rigel; Deutscher, Nicholas M.; Velazco, Voltaire A.; Walker, Kaley A.; Deng, Feng
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
2 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The GEOS-Chem simulation of atmospheric CH$_{4}$ was evaluated against observations from the Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observations Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS) on the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment Fourier Transform Spectrometer (ACE-FTS), and the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON). We focused on the model simulations at the 4°×5° and 2°×2.5° horizontal resolutions for the period of February–May 2010. Compared to the GOSAT, TCCON, and ACE-FTS data, we found that the 2°×2.5° model produced a better simulation of CH$_{4}$, with smaller biases and a higher correlation to the independent data. We found large resolution-dependent differences such as a latitude-dependent XCH$_{4}$ bias, with higher column abundances of CH$_{4}$ at high latitudes and lower abundances at low latitudes at the 4°×5° resolution than at 2°×2.5°. We also found large differences in CH$_{4}$ column abundances between the two resolutions over major source regions such as China. These differences resulted in up to 30 % differences in inferred regional CH$_{4}$ emission estimates from the two model resolutions. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000125190
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DOI: 10.5194/gmd-13-3839-2020
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMK-IFU)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2020
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1991-9603
KITopen-ID: 1000125190
HGF-Programm 12.03.01 (POF III, LK 01) Long term observations of tropospheric
Erschienen in Geoscientific model development
Verlag Copernicus Publications
Band 13
Heft 9
Seiten 3839–3862
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 31.08.2020
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