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Carbon monoxide distributions from the upper troposphere to the mesosphere inferred from 4.7 μm non-local thermal equilibrium emissions measured by MIPAS on Envisat

Funke, B.; Lopez-Puertas, M.; Garcia-Comas, M.; Stiller, G. P. ORCID iD icon 1; Clarmann, T. von 1; Höpfner, M. ORCID iD icon 1; Glatthor, N. 1; Grabowski, U. 1; Kellmann, S. 1; Linden, A. 1
1 Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

We present global distributions of carbon monoxide (CO) from the upper troposphere to the mesosphere observed by the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) on Envisat. Vertically resolved volume mixing ratio profiles have been retrieved from 4.7 μm limb emission spectra under consideration of non-local thermodynamic equilibrium. The precision of individual CO profiles is typically 5–30 ppbv (15–40% for altitudes greater than 40 km and lower than 15 km and 30–90% within 15–40 km). Estimated systematic errors are in the order of 8–15%. Below 60 km, the vertical resolution is 4–7 km. The data set which covers 54 days from September 2003 to March 2004 has been derived with an improved retrieval version including (i) the retrieval of log(vmr), (ii) the consideration of illumination-dependent vibrational population gradients along the instrument's line of sight, and (iii) joint-fitted vmr horizontal gradients in latitudinal and longitudinal directions. A detailed analysis of spatially resolved CO distributions during the 2003/2004 Northern Hemisphere major warming event demonstrate the potential of MIPAS CO observations to obtain new information on transport processes during dynamical active episodes, particularly on those acting in the vertical. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/110074815
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DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2387-2009
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung – Atmosphärische Spurenstoffe und Fernerkundung (IMK-ASF)
KIT-Zentrum Klima und Umwelt (ZKU)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2009
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1680-7316
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-AAA1100748158
KITopen-ID: 110074815
HGF-Programm 12.04.02 (POF II, LK 01) Wasserdampf und Wolken
Erschienen in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Verlag European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Band 9
Seiten 2387-2411
Erscheinungsvermerk DOI:10.5194/acp-9-2387-2009
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