Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-651-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-651-2018
Research article
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02 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2018

Ground-based FTIR retrievals of SF6 on Reunion Island

Minqiang Zhou, Bavo Langerock, Corinne Vigouroux, Pucai Wang, Christian Hermans, Gabriele Stiller, Kaley A. Walker, Geoff Dutton, Emmanuel Mahieu, and Martine De Mazière

Data sets

SMO in situ SF6 measurements NOAA ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/hats/sf6/insituGCs/CATS/daily/

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Short summary
SF6 total columns are successfully retrieved from FTIR measurements (Saint Denis and Maïdo) at Reunion Island (21° S, 55° E) between 2004 and 2016 using the SFIT4 algorithm: the retrieval strategy and the error budget are discussed. The trend of SF6 is analysed based on the FTIR retrievals at Reunion Island, the in situ measurements at America Samoa (SMO) and the collocated satellite measurements (MIPAS and ACE-FTS) in the southern tropics. The results show good agreement.