Sounding the Troposphere from Space: A New Era for Atmospheric Chemistry

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
TROPOSAT: the project and the scientific highlights....Pages 1-12
New algorithms for obtaining tropospheric data from satellite measurements....Pages 13-28
Applications of satellite data in tropospheric research....Pages 29-34
Synergistic use of different instrumentation and platforms for tropospheric measurements....Pages 35-41
Validation and data assimilation for tropospheric satellite data products....Pages 43-46
The use of data assimilation to augment the utility of satellite data....Pages 47-50
Future space infrastructure....Pages 51-53
Tropospheric Data from the United States....Pages 55-58
Retrieval of Greenhouse and Related Gas Parameters from SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT....Pages 59-64
Aerosol Retrieval by the Introduction of New Aerosol Classes and Optical Properties: Methods and Climatology....Pages 65-75
Neural Network Ozone Profile Retrieval System for GOME Spectra (NNORSY-GOME)....Pages 77-86
Retrieval and Data Assimilation Algorithm Development for Tropospheric Ozone and NO 2 from GOME and SCIAMACHY....Pages 87-96
Retrieval of Tropospheric Aerosol Properties from Space using MISR Data....Pages 97-106
The Role of Polarisation Measurements in Ozone Profile Retrieval from Back-scattered Ultraviolet Sunlight....Pages 107-116
Retrieval of Aerosol Properties from Satellite Data....Pages 117-124
Retrieval of CO Column and Profile Data from the MOPITT Instrument on EOS-TERRA....Pages 125-136
Quantification of Tropospheric Measurements from Nadir Viewing UV/Visible Instruments....Pages 137-147
Retrieval of Upper Tropospheric H 2 O from CRISTA-2 Observations....Pages 149-153
Retrieval of Tropospheric BrO and NO 2 from UV-Visible Observations....Pages 155-165
Retrievability of Upper Tropospheric Species and Parameters from MIPAS/ENVISAT Data....Pages 167-180
Assessment of the Global Distribution of Tropospheric OH Radical Production from GOME Observations....Pages 181-185
A Ground Validation Station for the Satellite-based Atmospheric Sensor Instruments GOME and SCIAMACHY....Pages 187-188
Development of Satellite-derived Information on Tropospheric Actinic Flux and Aerosol Particulate Matter....Pages 189-198
Case Studies for the Investigation of Cloud Sensitive Parameters as Measured by GOME....Pages 199-210
Ozone Profile Retrieval from Broadband Nadir UV/Visible Satellite Spectra: How Accurate is the Tropospheric Profile?....Pages 211-226
Tropospheric Aerosol Modelling....Pages 227-230
Validation of a Fully Coupled Chemistry-Climate Model....Pages 231-239
Global Photochemical Model Evaluation using GOME Tropospheric Column Data....Pages 241-249
Construction and Analysis of Image Sequences of Atmospheric Trace Gases....Pages 251-254
Use of GOME Measurements for the Examination of the Nitrogen Oxide Budget in the Troposphere....Pages 255-258
Use of Satellite Data to Constrain Ozone Budgets in Global Tropospheric Chemistry Models....Pages 259-264
First Validation of Tropospheric NO 2 Column Densities Retrieved from GOME by in situ Aircraft Profile Measurements....Pages 265-270
Determination of NO x Sources by Combination of Satellite Images with Transport Modelling....Pages 271-280
The Use of Space-borne Measurements and the Ground-based Swiss Monitoring System for Tracing Atmospheric Pollution....Pages 281-289
Comparing CARIBIC and Satellite Data....Pages 291-295
Studies of NO 2 from Lightning and Convective Uplifting using GOME Data....Pages 297-306
Scientific Applications of Satellite Data within the Geophysics Research Community....Pages 307-314
Retrieval of Tropospheric Information from Ground-based FTIR Observations, Supported by Synergistic Exploitation of Various Ground-based and Space-borne Measurement Techniques and Data....Pages 315-326
The Development of Multi-platform Methods for Derivation of Tropospheric Composition from Space....Pages 327-336
Control Mechanisms of Water Vapour in the Upper Troposphere: Large Scale Subsidence in Regions of Tropical Cb-Convection....Pages 337-344
Satellite plus Ground-based FTIR Measurements for Tropospheric Studies: Towards an Integrated Global Measurement System (IGMS) and an Improved Validation Strategy....Pages 345-353
Methodology for Using the MOZAIC Ozone Climatology in Future Comparisons with Data from SCIAMACHY Onboard ENVISAT....Pages 355-360
Validation of CO and CH 4 Retrieved from SCIAMACHY....Pages 361-371
Database Support for Use and Usability of Satellite Data....Pages 373-374
Emission Rate Estimates by Variational Assimilation of Surface and Satellite Data....Pages 375-380
Satellite Validation using Ground-based Spectroscopic Techniques....Pages 381-389
Airborne in-situ Measurements of Radiation, Aerosol Optical Properties and Trace Gases for Evaluation of Remote Sensing Techniques....Pages 391-395
Co-ordination of the Validation Activities for SCIAMACHY....Pages 397-399
A New Airborne DIAL System for Tropospheric Ozone Measurements....Pages 401-405
Monitoring of the Variability and Long-term Evolution of Tropospheric Constituents by Infrared Solar Absorption Spectrometry at the Jungfraujoch, Switzerland....Pages 407-416
Back Matter....Pages 417-446