A thermal infrared instrument onboard a geostationary platform for CO and O₃ measurements in the lowermost troposphere: Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE)

This paper presents observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) to compare the relative capabilities of two geostationary thermal infrared (TIR) instruments to measure ozone (O₃) and carbon monoxide (CO) for monitoring air quality (AQ) over Europe. The primary motivation of this study is to use OSSEs to assess how these infrared instruments can constrain different errors affecting AQ hindcasts and forecasts (emissions, meteorology, initial condition and the 3 parameters together). The first instrument (GEO-TIR) has a configuration optimized to monitor O₃ and CO in the lowermost troposphere (LmT; defined to be the atmosphere between the surface and 3 km), and the second instrument (GEO-TIR2) is designed to monitor temperature and humidity. Both instruments measure radiances in the same spectral TIR band. Results show that GEO-TIR could have a significant impact (GEO-TIR is closer to the reference atmosphere than GEO-TIR2) on the analyses of O₃ and CO LmT column. The information added by the measurements for both instruments is mainly over the Mediterranean Basin and some impact can be found over the Atlantic Ocean and Northern Europe. The impact of GEO-TIR is mainly above 1 km for O₃ and CO but can also improve the surface analyses for CO. The analyses of GEO-TIR2 show low impact for O₃ LmT column but a significant impact (although still lower than for GEO-TIR) for CO above 1 km. The results of this study indicate the beneficial impact from an infrared instrument (GEO-TIR) with a capability for monitoring O₃ and CO concentrations in the LmT, and quantify the value of this information for constraining AQ models.

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Author Claeyman, M.
Attié, J.-L.
Peuch, V.-H.
El Amraoui, L.
Lahoz, W.
Josse, B.
Joly, M.
Barré, J.
Ricaud, P.
Massart, S.
Piacentini, A.
von Clarmann, T.
Hõpfner, M.
Orphal, J.
Flaud, J.
Edwards, David
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2011-08-26T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Claeyman, M., Attié, J.-L., Peuch, V.-H., El Amraoui, L., Lahoz, W., Josse, B., Joly, M., Barré, J., Ricaud, P., Massart, S., Piacentini, A., von Clarmann, T., Hõpfner, M., Orphal, J., Flaud, J., Edwards, David. (2011). A thermal infrared instrument onboard a geostationary platform for CO and O₃ measurements in the lowermost troposphere: Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSE). UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7dr2wdb. Accessed 19 June 2025.

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