JGR Special Collection of EOS Aura Validation
Aura, the last of the large EOS observatories, was launched on 15 July 2004 and has now been operating for several years. Aura is designed to make comprehensive stratospheric, mesospheric, and tropospheric constituent measurements from its four instruments HIRDLS, MLS, OMI, and TES. All of the instruments are performing well and observations of stratospheric and tropospheric trace gases and aerosols are revolutionizing our understanding of stratospheric chemistry and transport processes, ozone depletion, air quality, and the hydrological cycle.
The Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres has dedicated a Special Collection issue to reporting the validation results of the satellite data products of the NASA EOS-Aura satellite platform. Here the instrument teams and collaborators of all instruments aboard Aura report on the validation of the released Aura data products. Please visit the “Special Collections in AGU Journals” website, select “Atmosphere” and select “Aura Validation”, or click on the link below. From the “Aura Validation Collection” webpage all abstracts are freely available. Depending on your subscriber access, you may also access, download and print the full articles in electronic form and obtain all printed images in their original resolution.
Citation to the overview paper: Schoeberl, M. R., A. R. Douglass, and J. Joiner (2008), Introduction to special section on Aura Validation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S01, doi:10.1029/2007JD009602.
Website: http://www.agu.org/contents/sc/ViewCollection.do?collectionCode=AURA1
Selected Publications on OMI
Selected Publications on OMI can in principle be obtained from the papers first author. I f unknown to you, please contact Mark Kroon to obtain e-mail addresses or (if all else fails) PDF copies of the selected papers.
Aerosols
Ahn, C., O. Torres, and P. K. Bhartia (2008), Comparison of Ozone Monitoring Instrument UV Aerosol Products with Aqua/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer observations in 2006, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S27, doi:10.1029/2007JD008832.Curier, R. L., J. P. Veefkind, R. Braak, B. Veihelmann, O. Torres, and G. de Leeuw (2008), Retrieval of aerosol optical properties from OMI radiances using a multi-wavelength algorithm: Application to Western Europe., J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JD008738, in press.
Torres, O., A. Tanskanen, B. Veihelmann, C. Ahn, R. Braak, P. K. Bhartia, P. Veefkind, and P. Levelt (2007), Aerosols and surface UV products from Ozone Monitoring Instrument observations: An overview, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S47, doi:10.1029/2007JD008809.
Clouds
Sneep, M., J. F. de Haan, P. Stammes, P. Wang, C. Vanbauce, J. Joiner, A. P. Vasilkov, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Three-way comparison between OMI and PARASOL cloud pressure products, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD008694.Stammes, P., M. Sneep, J. F. de Haan, J. P. Veefkind, P. Wang, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Effective cloud fractions from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Theoretical framework and validation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S38, doi:10.1029/2007JD008820.
Vasilkov, A., J. Joiner, R. Spurr, P. K. Bhartia, P. Levelt, and G. Stephens (2008), Evaluation of the OMI cloud pressures derived from rotational Raman scattering by comparisons with other satellite data and radiative transfer simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S19, doi:10.1029/2007JD008689.
Level1B
Dobber, M., Q. Kleipool, R. Dirksen, P. Levelt, G. Jaross, S. Taylor, T. Kelly, L. Flynn, G. Leppelmeier, and N. Rozemeijer (2008), Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument level 1b data products, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S06, doi:10.1029/2007JD008665.Jaross, G., and J. Warner (2008), Use of Antarctica for validating reflected solar radiation measured by satellite sensors, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S34, doi:10.1029/2007JD008835.
Migliorini, S., R. Brugge, A. O'Neill, M. Dobber, V. Fioletov, P. Levelt, and R. McPeters (2008), Evaluation of ozone total column measurements by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument using a data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S21, doi:10.1029/2007JD008779.
Nitrogen Dioxide Total and Tropospheric Column
Boersma, K. F., D. J. Jacob, H. J. Eskes, R. W. Pinder, J. Wang, and R. J. van der A (2008), Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY and OMI tropospheric NO2 columns: Observing the diurnal evolution of chemistry and emissions from space, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S26, doi:10.1029/2007JD008816.Brinksma, E., G. Pinardi, R. Braak, H. Volten, A. Richter, A. Schonhardt, M. Van Roozendael, C. Fayt, C. Hermans, R. Dirksen, T. Vlemmix, A.J.C Berkhout, D.P.J. Swart, H. Oetjen, F. Wittrock, T. Wagner, O. W. Ibrahim, G. de Leeuw, M. Moerman, R. L. Curier, E. A. Celarier, W. H. Knap, J. P. Veefkind, H.J. Eskes, M. Allaart, R. Rothe, A. J. M. Piters, and P. F. Levelt (2008), The 2005 and 2006 DANDELIONS NO2 and Aerosol Intercomparison Campaigns, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JD008808, in press.
Bucsela, E. J., A. E. Perring, R. C. Cohen, K. F. Boersma, E. A. Celarier, J. F. Gleason, M. O. Wenig, T. H. Bertram, P. J. Wooldridge, R. Dirksen, and J. P. Veefkind (2008), Comparison of tropospheric NO2 from in situ aircraft measurements with near-real-time and standard product data from OMI, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S31, doi:10.1029/2007JD008838.
Celarier, E. A., E. J. Brinksma, J. F. Gleason, J. P. Veefkind, A. Cede, J. R. Herman, D. Ionov, F. Goutail, J.-P. Pommereau, J.-C. Lambert, M. van Roozendael, G. Pinardi, F. Wittrock, A. Schönhardt, A. Richter, O. W. Ibrahim, T. Wagner, B. Bojkov, G. Mount, E. Spinei, C. M. Chen, T. J. Pongetti, S. P. Sander, E. J. Bucsela, M. O. Wenig, D. P. J. Swart, H. Volten, M. Kroon, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument nitrogen dioxide columns, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S15, doi:10.1029/2007JD008908.
Link to the document: JGR 2007JD008908 as PDF (6MB).
Ionov, D. V., Y. M. Timofeyev, V. P. Sinyakov, V. K. Semenov, F. Goutail, J.-P. Pommereau, E. J. Bucsela, E. A. Celarier, and M. Kroon (2008), Ground-based validation of EOS-Aura OMI NO2 vertical column data in the midlatitude mountain ranges of Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan) and Alps (France), J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S08, doi:10.1029/2007JD008659.
Link to the document JGR 2007JD008659 as PDF (1MB).
Kramer, L. J., R. J. Leigh, J. J. Remedios, and P. S. Monks (2008), Comparison of OMI and ground-based in situ and MAX-DOAS measurements of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide in an urban area, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S39, doi:10.1029/2007JD009168.
Ozone Total and Tropospheric Column
Balis, D., M. Kroon, M. E. Koukouli, E. J. Brinksma, G. Labow, J. P. Veefkind, and R. D. McPeters (2007), Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument total ozone column measurements using Brewer and Dobson spectrophotometer ground-based observations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S46, doi:10.1029/2007JD008796.Link to the document JGR 2007JD008796 as PDF (<1MB).
Kroon, M., I. Petropavlovskikh, R. Shetter, S. Hall, K. Ullmann, J. P. Veefkind, R. D. McPeters, E. V. Browell, and P. F. Levelt (2008), OMI total ozone column validation with Aura-AVE CAFS observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S13, doi:10.1029/2007JD008795.
Link to the document: JGR 2007JD008795 as PDF (6MB).
Kroon, M., J. P. Veefkind, M. Sneep, R. D. McPeters, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Comparing OMI-TOMS and OMI-DOAS total ozone column data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S28, doi:10.1029/2007JD008798.
Link to the document JGR 2007JD008798 as PDF (30MB).
Kroon, M., M. R. Dobber, R. Dirksen, J. P. Veefkind, G. H. J. van den Oord, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Ozone Monitoring Instrument geolocation verification, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD008821.
Link to the document JGR 2007JD008821 as PDF (1MB).
McPeters, R., M. Kroon, G. Labow, E. Brinksma, D. Balis, I. Petropavlovskikh, J. P. Veefkind, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt (2008), Validation of the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument total column ozone product, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S14, doi:10.1029/2007JD008802.
Link to the document JGR 2007JD008802 as PDF (<1MB).
Migliorini, S., R. Brugge, A. O'Neill, M. Dobber, V. Fioletov, P. Levelt, and R. McPeters (2008), Evaluation of ozone total column measurements by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument using a data assimilation system, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S21, doi:10.1029/2007JD008779.
Schoeberl, M. R., J. R. Ziemke, B. Bojkov, N. Livesey, B. Duncan, S. Strahan, L. Froidevaux, S. Kulawik, P. K. Bhartia, S. Chandra, P. F. Levelt, J. C. Witte, A. M. Thompson, E. Cuevas, A. Redondas, D. W. Tarasick, J. Davies, G. Bodeker, G. Hansen, B. J. Johnson, S. J. Oltmans, H. Vömel, M. Allaart, H. Kelder, M. Newchurch, S. Godin-Beekmann, G. Ancellet, H. Claude, S. B. Andersen, E. Kyrö, M. Parrondos, M. Yela, G. Zablocki, D. Moore, H. Dier, P. von der Gathen, P. Viatte, R. Stübi, B. Calpini, P. Skrivankova, V. Dorokhov, H. de Backer, F. J. Schmidlin, G. Coetzee, M. Fujiwara, V. Thouret, F. Posny, G. Morris, J. Merrill, C. P. Leong, G. Koenig-Langlo, and E. Joseph (2007), A trajectory-based estimate of the tropospheric ozone column using the residual method, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S49, doi:10.1029/2007JD008773.
Shavrina, A. V., Y. V. Pavlenko, A. Veles, I. Syniavskyi, and M. Kroon (2007), Ozone columns obtained by ground-based remote sensing in Kiev for Aura Ozone Measuring Instrument validation, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S45, doi:10.1029/2007JD008787.
Link to the document JGR 2007JD008787 as PDF (2MB).
Stajner, I., K. Wargan, S. Pawson, H. Hayashi, L. Chang, R. C. Hudman, L. Froidevaux, N. Livesey, P. F. Levelt, A. M. Thompson, D. W. Tarasick, R. Stübi, S. B. Andersen, M. Yela, G. König-Langlo, F. J. Schmidlin, and J. C. Witte (2008), Assimilated ozone from EOS-Aura: Evaluation of the tropopause region and tropospheric columns, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S32, doi:10.1029/2007JD008863.
Yang, Q., D. M. Cunnold, H.-J. Wang, L. Froidevaux, H. Claude, J. Merrill, M. Newchurch, and S. J. Oltmans (2007), Midlatitude tropospheric ozone columns derived from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument and Microwave Limb Sounder measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D20305, doi:10.1029/2007JD008528.
Sulphur Dioxide Column
Krotkov, N. A., B. McClure, R. R. Dickerson, S. A. Carn, C. Li, P. K. Bhartia, K. Yang, A. J. Krueger, Z. Li, P. F. Levelt, H. Chen, P. Wang, and D. Lu (2008), Validation of SO2 retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument over NE China, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S40, doi:10.1029/2007JD008818.Yang, K., N. A. Krotkov, A. J. Krueger, S. A. Carn, P. K. Bhartia, and P. F. Levelt (2007), Retrieval of large volcanic SO2 columns from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Comparison and limitations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S43, doi:10.1029/2007JD008825.
Surface UV
Tanskanen, A., A. Lindfors, A. Määttä, N. Krotkov, J. Herman, J. Kaurola, T. Koskela, K. Lakkala, V. Fioletov, G. Bernhard, R. McKenzie, Y. Kondo, M. O'Neill, H. Slaper, P. den Outer, A. F. Bais, and J. Tamminen (2007), Validation of daily erythemal doses from Ozone Monitoring Instrument with ground-based UV measurement data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S44, doi:10.1029/2007JD008830.