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USE OF GEOS-CHEM BY SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY AND DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY. Randall Martin. Mid-July. Halifax, Nova Scotia. SAO. RETRIEVAL AND INTERPRETATION OF SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF THE TROPOSPHERE. NO 2 , HCHO , O 3 , SO 2 , BrO.
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USE OF GEOS-CHEM BY SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY AND DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Randall Martin Mid-July Halifax, Nova Scotia SAO
RETRIEVAL AND INTERPRETATION OF SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF THE TROPOSPHERE NO2, HCHO, O3, SO2, BrO
GEOS-CHEM MODEL IDENTIFIES FAVORABLE REGIONS TO DETERMINE STRATOSPHERIC COLUMN AND INSTRUMENT BIASES Martin et al., 2002
SLANT COLUMNS OF TROPOSPHERIC NO2 FROM GOME 1996 Martin et al., 2002
USE GEOS-CHEM TO CALCULATE AMFs FOR NO2 and HCHO FOR EVERY SATELLITE VIEWING SCENE GEOS-CHEMGLOBAL 3-D MODEL OF TROPOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY: provides shape factors LIDORT RAD.TRANSFER MODEL: provides scattering weights AMF spectral fit SATELLITE DATA SLANT COLUMN VERTICAL COLUMN • Best information applied to each scene • Consistency in comparing model and observed columns ADVANTAGES OF 3-D MODEL APPROACH FOR COMPUTING AMFs
OPTIMIZE INVENTORY USING A PRIORI BOTTOM-UP AND GOME TOP-DOWN INFORMATION Determine NOx Emissions from GOME Observations Using GEOS-CHEM to Provide Information on the NOx/NO2 Ratio and NOx Lifetime GOME Tropospheric NO2 GEOS-CHEM Tropospheric NO2 Martin et al., 2003 1015 molecules cm-2
IN THE QUEUE: GEOS-CHEM NOX EMISSIONS WILL REFLECT ADDITIONAL GOME INFORMATION Annual mean ratio (A posteriori / A priori) Martin et al., 2003
EXAMINE SEASONAL VOC EMISSIONS USING GOME AND GEOS-CHEM HCHO COLUMNS: SAO Role in Retrieval, AMFs, and Model Simulation JUL MAR AUG APR MAY SEP OCT JUN Abbot et al., 2003
EL NINO INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY IN OZONE:DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OCT 97 AND OCT 96 TOMS Chandra et al. [2002]
TOMS/MLS TROPOSPHERIC OZONE PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT OZONE IS TOO HIGH OVER INDIA 30 N Dobson Units for March, April, May TOMS/MLS 30 S 30 N GEOS-CHEM Chandra et al., 2003 30 S
SUPPORT FOR GMI OPERATIONAL HCHO RETRIEVAL ALGORITHM FOR OMI Uses Monthly Mean HCHO Shape Factors from GEOS-CHEM • Provide GEOS-CHEM resultsfor various simulations (i.e. with and without aerosols) • Assist interpretation of model results EVALUATE GEOS-CHEM SIMULATION OF NOX With In Situ NO2 Measurements from SOS (1999) and TEXAQS (2000)
FUTURE USE OF GEOS-CHEM AT DALHOUSIE Likely local platforms: 8-Processor 1.2 GHz Sun Fire 3800 (Works!, credit Yantosca) 20-Processor 700 MHz SGI Origin 350 Continued support for GMI Real-time HCHO and NO2 Retrievals from SCIAMACHY for INTEXUse Shape Factors from GEOS-CHEMRetrieval and Interpretation of HCHO, NO2, SO2, O3, BrO, CO from TOMS / GOME / SCIAMACHY / OMIInterpretation of satellite observations from MOPITT, MODIS, TES, … and aircraft missions such as INTEX, ITCT-2K4, …