Articles | Volume 12, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2155-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2155-2019
Research article
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10 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 10 Apr 2019

Intercomparison of MAX-DOAS vertical profile retrieval algorithms: studies using synthetic data

Udo Frieß, Steffen Beirle, Leonardo Alvarado Bonilla, Tim Bösch, Martina M. Friedrich, François Hendrick, Ankie Piters, Andreas Richter, Michel van Roozendael, Vladimir V. Rozanov, Elena Spinei, Jan-Lukas Tirpitz, Tim Vlemmix, Thomas Wagner, and Yang Wang

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Multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) is a widely used measurement technique for the detection of a variety of atmospheric trace gases. It enables the retrieval of aerosol and trace gas vertical profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer using appropriate retrieval algorithms. In this study, the ability of eight profile retrieval algorithms to reconstruct vertical profiles is assessed on the basis of synthetic measurements.