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CO2 vertical column	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jan 2003 to Dec 2005			^*)		p. valid.

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SCIAMACHY CO2 validation literature:

Comparisons between SCIAMACHY atmospheric CO2 retrieved using (FSI) WFM-DOAS to ground based FTIR data and the TM3 chemistry transport model
M. P. Barkley, P. S. Monks, U. Frieß, R. L. Mittermeier, H. Fast, S. Körner, and M. Heimann

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 4483–4498, 2006
Method:	Ground based Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) data (Egbert, Canada) and TM3 global chemistry-transport model (Siberia, Canada/Alaska, Gobi dessert, Western Europe)

Atmospheric carbon gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: version 0.5 CO and CH4 and impact of calibration improvements on CO2 retrieval
M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, S. Noël, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, O. Schneising, I. Khlystova, M. Bruns, H. Bremer, P. Bergamaschi, S. Körner, and M. Heimann

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2727–2751, 2006
Method:	"MOPITT satellite data (CO) and TM5 model simulations - world (CH4) and FTIR measurements at Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA (CO2)"

Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
B. Dils, M. De Mazière, J. F. Müller, T. Blumenstock, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, P. Demoulin, P. Duchatelet, H. Fast, C. Frankenberg, A. Gloudemans, D. Griffith, N. Jones, T. Kerzenmacher, I. Kramer, E. Mahieu, J. Mellqvist, R. L. Mittermeier, J. Notholt, C. P. Rinsland, H. Schrijver, D. Smale, A. Strandberg, A. G. Straume,W. Stremme, K. Strong, R. Sussmann, J. Taylor, M. van den Broek, V. Velazco, T.Wagner, T.Warneke, A. Wiacek, and S. Wood

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1953–1976, 2006
Method:	11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)

Verification of SCIAMACHY LV1B V6 nadir data by retrievals of CO, CH4, CO2, O3, NO2, and BRO
A. Richter, M. Buchwitz, A. Heckel, L. Lamsal, A. Schönhardt, M. Weber, F. Wittrock and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Verification with V5.04

Assessment of the near surface sensitivity of the full spectrum initation (FSI)-WFM-DOAS retrieval of carbon dioxide column
A. Hewitt, M. Barkley and P. Monks

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	?CO2 anomaly of in-situ ground-based measurements

SCIAMACHY/WFM-DOAS tropospheric CO, CH4, and CO2 scientific data products: validation and recent developments
M. Buchwitz, I. Khlystova, O. Schneising, H. Bovensmann and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Ground-based FTIR stations, 2003-2005: MOPITT (CO), TM5 model (CH4), TM3 model (CO2)

Comparison of SCIAMACHY and AIRS CO2 measurements over North America during the summer and autumn of 2003
M. P. Barkley, P. S. Monks, and R. J. Engelen

Abstract/Article:	"Barkley, M. P., P. S. Monks, and R. J. Engelen (2006), Comparison of SCIAMACHY and AIRS CO2 measurements over North America during the summer and autumn of 2003, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L20805, doi:10.1029/2006GL026807."
Method:	AQUA-AIRS (North America)

Space-based near-infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsina
H. Bösch, G. C. Toon, B. Sen, R. A. Washenfelder, P. O. Wennberg, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, J. P. Burrows, D. Crisp, M. Christi, B. J. Connor, V. Natraj, and Y. L. Yung

Abstract/Article:	Bösch, H., et al. (2006), Space-based near-infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsin, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D23302, doi:10.1029/2006JD007080.
Method:	Ground-based Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) measurements at Park Falls,Wisconsin.

Measuring Atmospheric CO2 from Space Using Full Spectral Initiation (FSI) WFM-DOAS: Initial Results and Validation
M. P. Barkley, P. S. Monks, U. Frieß, R. L. Mittermeier, H. Fast, S. Körner, and M. Heimann

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Method:	Ground based FTIR data (at Egbert FTIR station) and TM3 in Siberia and the Gobi desert

Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Carbon Dioxide Retrieved from SCIAMACHY Near-Infrared Nadir Observations Using WFM-DOAS
M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, B. Dils, and M. De Mazière

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Method:	MOPITT (CO), ground based FTS (CO,CO2,CH4), and TM3 (CO2)

Measuring Atmospheric CO2 from Space
M. Barkley & P. Monks

Abstract/Article:	Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
Method:	Ground based FTIR data and CO2 from AIRS instrument

First direct observation of the atmospheric CO2 year-to-year increase from space
M. Buchwitz, O. Schneising, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, M. Reuter, J.

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 4249-4256, 2007
Method:	Satellite retrievals compared with global XCO2 obtained from NOAA's CO2 assimilation system CarbonTracker

Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite - Part 1: Carbon dioxide
O. Schneising, M. Buchwitz, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, M. Reuter, J. Notholt, R. Macatangay, T. Warneke

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3827-3853, 2008
Method:	Comparisons with Fourier Transform Spec-troscopy (FTS) CO2 measurements and with global CO2 fields obtained from NOAA's CO2 CarbonTracker