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Atmospheric trace gases can be measured by remote sensing of scattered sunlight from space, using its unique absorption features in the ultraviolet region. The satellite remote sensing approach associated with the spectral fit technique has been successfully employed for measurements of tropospheric trace gases on global and regional scales. Here we present the retrievals of tropospheric traces gases (NO2 and SO2) from SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmsopheric Chartography) onboard the ENVISAT satellite and the calculation of their air mass factor (AMF) used to convert slant columns to vertical columns. The AMF used here is calculated from the integral of the relative vertical distribution of the trace gases from a global 3-D model of tropospheric chemistry (GEOS-Chem), weighted by altitude-dependent scattering weights computed with a radiative transfer model (Linearized Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer), and accounts for cloud scattering using cloud fraction and cloud top pressure. The results demonstrate a high sensitivity of the SCIAMACHY instrument to NO2 and SO2 concentrations, and the possibility to retrieve them in the boundary layer.
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Lee, C., Martin, R.V., van Donkelaar, A., Richter, A., Burrows, J.P., Kim, Y.J. (2009). Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Trace Gases (NO2 and SO2) from SCIAMACHY. In: Kim, Y.J., Platt, U., Gu, M.B., Iwahashi, H. (eds) Atmospheric and Biological Environmental Monitoring. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9674-7_5
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