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Comparisons of satellite (GOSAT) and ground-based spectroscopic measurements of CO2 content near St. Petersburg

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The column-average mole fractions of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured with ground-based Fourier-transform spectroscopy at the Peterhof station of St. Petersburg State University (59.9° N, 29.8° E) in 2009–2011 are compared with similar data obtained with the Japanese GOSAT satellite. The comparison shows that the average mole fractions of CO2 from satellite data version V01.xx are lower by −9.8 ± 3 ppm than the corresponding values obtained from the ground-based measurements. For the GOSAT data version V02.xx, this difference is −4.7 ± 2.6 ppm on the average. Some overestimation of CO2 values in measurements near St. Petersburg in comparison with the ground-based TCCON network data has been revealed indirectly, the causes of which require further explanation.

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Original Russian Text © N.M. Gavrilov, Yu.M. Timofeev, 2013, published in Issledovanie Zemli iz Kosmosa, 2013, No. 6, pp. 43–49.

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Gavrilov, N.M., Timofeev, Y.M. Comparisons of satellite (GOSAT) and ground-based spectroscopic measurements of CO2 content near St. Petersburg. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 50, 910–915 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433814090084

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