The TROPOMI surface UV algorithm

Lindfors, Anders V.; Kujanpää, Jukka; Kalakoski, Niilo; Heikkilä, Anu; Lakkala, Kaisa; Mielonen, Tero; Sneep, Maarten; Krotkov, Nickolay A.; Arola, Antti; Tamminen, Johanna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-997-2018

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19 Feb 2018

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The TROPOMI surface UV algorithm

Anders V. Lindfors, Jukka Kujanpää, Niilo Kalakoski, Anu Heikkilä, Kaisa Lakkala, Tero Mielonen, Maarten Sneep, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Antti Arola, and Johanna Tamminen

Data sets

European UV DataBase (EUVDB) as a repository and quality analyser for solar spectral UV irradiance monitored in Sodankylä (http://uv.fmi.fi/uvdb/) A. Heikkilä, J. Kaurola, K. Lakkala, J. M. Karhu, E. Kyrö, T. Koskela, O. Engelsen, H. Slaper, and G. Seckmeyer https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-5-333-2016

Short summary

This paper describes the algorithm that will be used for estimating surface UV radiation from TROPOMI (TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument) measurements. TROPOMI is the only payload of the Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P), which is a polar-orbiting satellite mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). The presented algorithm has been tested using input based on previous satellite measurements. These preliminary results indicate that the algorithm is functioning according to expectations.