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Assimilation of the 2000–2001 CO MOPITT retrievals with optimized surface emissions
Author(s) -
Yudin V. A.,
Pétron G.,
Lamarque J.F.,
Khattatov B. V.,
Hess P. G.,
Lyjak L. V.,
Gille J. C.,
Edwards D. P.,
Deeter M. N.,
Emmons L. K.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2004gl021037
Subject(s) - troposphere , environmental science , data assimilation , pollution , atmospheric sciences , satellite , assimilation (phonology) , meteorology , climatology , carbon monoxide , geology , geography , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , ecology , biochemistry , aerospace engineering , engineering , biology , catalysis
The multi‐year retrievals of carbon monoxide (CO) by the MOPITT (Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere) instrument onboard the NASA Terra satellite provide an opportunity for the first time to study quantitatively the transport and sources of pollution in the mid‐troposphere. This paper presents the assimilation of the Phase I (March 3, 2000–May 6, 2001) MOPITT retrievals with optimized CO emissions constrained by monthly MOPITT CO data. The observed‐minus‐forecast (OmF) CO distributions illustrate improvement of this data analysis compared with the assimilation that employs climatological surface fluxes.