Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-789-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-789-2020
Research article
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19 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 19 Feb 2020

Ensemble-based satellite-derived carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged dry-air mole fraction data sets (2003–2018) for carbon and climate applications

Maximilian Reuter, Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, Stefan Noël, Heinrich Bovensmann, John P. Burrows, Hartmut Boesch, Antonio Di Noia, Jasdeep Anand, Robert J. Parker, Peter Somkuti, Lianghai Wu, Otto P. Hasekamp, Ilse Aben, Akihiko Kuze, Hiroshi Suto, Kei Shiomi, Yukio Yoshida, Isamu Morino, David Crisp, Christopher W. O'Dell, Justus Notholt, Christof Petri, Thorsten Warneke, Voltaire A. Velazco, Nicholas M. Deutscher, David W. T. Griffith, Rigel Kivi, David F. Pollard, Frank Hase, Ralf Sussmann, Yao V. Té, Kimberly Strong, Sébastien Roche, Mahesh K. Sha, Martine De Mazière, Dietrich G. Feist, Laura T. Iraci, Coleen M. Roehl, Christian Retscher, and Dinand Schepers

Data sets

Product User Guide and Specification (PUGS) - Main document for Greenhouse Gas (GHG: CO2 & CH4) data set CDR 3 (2003-2018) M. Buchwitz, M. Reuter, O. Schneising-Weigel, I. Aben, L. Wu, O. P. Hasekamp, H. Boesch, A. Di Noia, C. Crevoisier, and R. Armante http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/carbon_ghg/docs/C3S/CDR3_2003-2018/PUGS/C3S_D312b_Lot2.3.2.3-v1.0_PUGS-GHG_MAIN_v3.1.pdf

Product User Guide and Specification (PUGS) - ANNEX D for products XCO2_EMMA, XCH4_EMMA, XCO2_OBS4MIPS, XCH4_OBS4MIPS (v4.1, 2003-2018) M. Reuter, M. Buchwitz, and O. Schneising-Weigel http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/carbon_ghg/docs/C3S/CDR3_2003-2018/PUGS/C3S_D312b_Lot2.3.2.3-v1.0_PUGS-GHG_ANNEX-D_v3.1.pdf

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Short summary
We present new satellite-derived data sets of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). The data products are column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of CO2 and CH4, denoted XCO2 and XCH4. The products cover the years 2003–2018 and are merged Level 2 (satellite footprints) and merged Level 3 (gridded at monthly time and 5° x 5° spatial resolution) products obtained from combining several individual sensor products. We present the merging algorithms and product validation results.