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Validation of TROPOMI Satellite Measurements of the NO2 Content in the Troposphere and Stratosphere with Ground-Based Measurements at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station of A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Results of measurements of the tropospheric and stratospheric NO2 columns with the TROPOMI (Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument) aboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite in 2018–2020 are compared with the results of ground-based measurements at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station (ZSS) of A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. The correspondence between the satellite and ground-based measurements is characterized by the difference between them, the linear correlation coefficients, and the regression coefficients. The dependences of these parameters on the season, cloud conditions, and the height of the atmospheric boundary layer are derived.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The TROPOMI NO2 measurements were provided by the European Space Agency. The ABL height calculations are based on the meteorological fields of the Global Data Assimilation System. The authors are grateful to the reviewer for useful comments.

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The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 20-17-00200, satellite data processing and preparation) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-05-00274, measurements at ZSS and data preparation for the comparison).

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Rakitin, V.S., Gruzdev, A.N., Kirillova, N.S. et al. Validation of TROPOMI Satellite Measurements of the NO2 Content in the Troposphere and Stratosphere with Ground-Based Measurements at the Zvenigorod Scientific Station of A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Atmos Ocean Opt 36, 213–224 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856023030168

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