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SCIAMACHY - validation literature

SCIAMACHY - validation literature

  • Evaluation of ozonesondes, HALOE, SAGE II and III, Odin-OSIRIS and -SMR, and ENVISAT-GOMOS, -SCIAMACHY and -MIPAS ozone profiles in the tropics from SAOZ long duration balloon measurements in 2003 and 2004
    Borchi, F. and J.-P. Pommereau
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 2671–2690, 2007
    Method: Solar occultation in the visible Chappuis bands using a SAOZ UV-Vis spectrometer carried by long duration balloons
  • The ASSET intercomparison of ozone analyses: method and first results
    Geer, A.J., W.A. Lahoz, S. Bekki, N. Bormann, Q. Errera, H. J. Eskes, D. Fonteyn, D.R. Jackson, M.N. Juckes, S. Massart, V.-H. Peuch, S. Rharmili and A. Segers
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 5445–5474, 2006
  • Ozone observations by the Gas and Aerosol Measurement Sensor during SOLVE II
    Pitts, M.C., L.W. Thomason, J.M. Zawodny, B.N. Wenny, J.M. Livingston, P.B. Russell, J.-H. Yee, W. H. Swartz and R.E. Shetter
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 2695–2709, 2006
  • Inter-comparison of stratospheric O3 and NO2 abundances retrieved from balloon borne direct sun observations and Envisat/SCIAMACHY limb measurements
    Butz, A., H. Bösch, C. Camy-Peyret, M. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, G. Dufour, K. Grunow, P. Jeseck, S. Kühl, S. Payan, I. Pepin, J. Pukite, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, C. Sioris, T.Wagner, F.Weidner and K. Pfeilsticker
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1293–1314, 2006
    Method: Balloon borne direct sun observations
  • Geophysical validation of SCIAMACHY Limb Ozone Profiles
    Brinksma, E.J., A. Bracher, D.E. Lolkema, A.J. Segers, I.S. Boyd, K. Bramstedt, H. Claude, S. Godin-Beekmann, G. Hansen, G. Kopp, T. Leblanc, I.S. McDermid, Y.J. Meijer, H. Nakane, A. Parrish, C. von Savigny, K. Stebel, D.P.J. Swart, G. Taha and A.J.M. Piters
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 197–209, 2006
    Method: Groundbased lidar and microwave, sondes, SAGE II and SAGE III
  • Intercomparison of ozone profile measurements from ASUR, SCIAMACHY, MIPAS, OSIRIS, and SMR
    Kuttippurath, J., H. Bremer, J. Burrows, A. Kleinböhl, H. Küllmann, K. Künzi, J. Notholt, M. Sinnhuber, C. von Savigny, N. Lautié, D. Murtagh, J. Urban, M. Milz, G. Stiller, S. Petelina, J. de La Noë, E. Le Flochmoën and P. Ricaud
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09311, doi:10.1029/2006JD007830, 2007
    Method: ASUR, MIPAS, OSIRIS, and SMR
  • Long-Term Validation of GOMOS, MIPAS and SCIAMACHY Ozone and Temperature Profiles by the Envisat Quality Assessment with Lidar (EQUAL) Project
    Meijer, Y.J., J.-L. Baray, H. Bencherif, G.E. Bodeker, H. Claude, T. Fehr, K.H. Fricke, J.A.E. van Gijsel, P. von der Gathen, S. Godin-Beekmann, G. Hansen, P. Keckhut, T. Leblanc, M. Marchand, I.S. McDermid, H. Nakane, S. Pal, E.J. Quel and D.P.J. Swart
    Abstract/Article: Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
    Method: Lidar stations (14) around the world (EQUAL)
  • Extreme sunbathing: Three weeks of small total O3 columns and high UV radiation over the southern tip of South America during the 2009 Antarctic O3 hole season
    de Laat, A.T.J., R.J. van der A, M.A.F. Allaart, M. van Weele, G. C. Benitez, C. Casiccia, N. M. Paes Leme, E. Quel, J. Salvador and E. Wolfram
    Abstract/Article: Geophysical research letters, vol. 37, L14805, doi:10.1029/2010GL043699, 2010
    Method: Comparison of ground-based and satellite measurements of total O3 columns and satellite based calculations of the UVI index
  • Total ozone column derived from GOME and SCIAMACHY using KNMI retrieval algorithms: Validation against Brewer measurements at the Iberian Peninsula
    Antón, M., M. Kroon, M. López, J. M. Vilaplana, M. Bañón, R. van der A, J. P. Veefkind, P. Stammes and L. Alados-Arboledas
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 116, D22303, doi:10.1029/2011JD016436
    Method: comparison with Brewer
  • Geophysical validation and long-term consistency between GOME-2/MetOp-A total ozone column and measurements from the sensors GOME/ERS-2, SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and OMI/Aura
    Koukouli, M.E. , D.S. Balis, D. Loyola, P. Valks, W. Zimmer, N. Hao, J.-C. Lambert, M. van Roozendael, C. Lerot and R.J.D. Spurr
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2169-2181
    Method: intercomparison with Brewer, Dobson and GOME-2
  • Global and long-term comparison of SCIAMACHY limb ozone profiles with correlative satellite data (2002–2008)
    Mieruch, S., M. Weber, C. von Savigny, A. Rozanov, H. Bovensmann, J.P. Burrows, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, L. Froidevaux, L. L. Gordley, M.G. Mlynczak, J.M. Russell III, L.W. Thomason, K.A. Walker and J.M. Zawodny
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 771-788, 2012
    Method: Comparison with MLS/Aura, SABER, SAGE-II,HALOE, ACE-FTS
  • Evaluation of SCIAMACHY Level-1 data versions using nadir ozone profile retrievals in the period 2003-2011
    Shah, S., O.N.E. Tuinder, J.C.A. van Peet, A.T.J. de Laat and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: Atmos. Meas. Tech. 11, 2345-2360, 2018
    Method: Ozone profile retrieval results compared to ozone sonde measurements
  • Extended and refined multi sensor reanalysis of total ozone for the period 1970-2012
    van der A, R.J., M.A.F. Allaart and H.J. Eskes
    Abstract/Article: Atmos. Meas. Tech. 8, 3021-3035, 2015
    Method: Validation using Brewer and Dobson ground-based observations as reference
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  • NO2 profile retrieval using airborne multi axis UV-visible skylight absorption measurements over central Europe
    Bruns, M., S.A. Buehler, J.P. Burrows, A. Richter, A. Rozanov, P. Wang, K.P. Heue, U. Platt, I. Pundt and T. Wagner
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 3049–3058, 2006
    Method: "Airborne multiaxis differential optical absorption spectrometer\n(AMAXDOAS)"
  • Inter-comparison of stratospheric O3 and NO2 abundances retrieved from balloon borne direct sun observations and Envisat/SCIAMACHY limb measurements
    Butz, A., H. Bösch, C. Camy-Peyret, M. Chipperfield, M. Dorf, G. Dufour, K. Grunow, P. Jeseck, S. Kühl, S. Payan, I. Pepin, J. Pukite, A. Rozanov, C. von Savigny, C. Sioris, T.Wagner, F.Weidner and K. Pfeilsticker
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1293–1314, 2006
    Method: Balloon borne direct sun observations
  • Intercomparison of SCIAMACHY nitrogen dioxide observations, in situ measurements and air quality modeling results over Western Europe
    Blond, N., K.F. Boersma, H.J. Eskes, R.J. van der A, M. Van Roozendael, I. De Smedt, G. Bergametti and R. Vautard
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10311, doi:10.1029/2006JD007277, 2007
    Method: Surface measurements and air-quality model (CHIMERE) simulations over western Europe
  • Vertical profiles of lightning-produced NO2 enhancements in the upper troposphere observed by OSIRIS
    Sioris, C.E., C.A. McLinden, R.V. Martin, B. Sauvage, C.S. Haley, N.D. Lloyd, E.J. Llewellyn, P.F. Bernath, C.D. Boone, S. Brohede and C.T. McElroy
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 4281–4294, 2007
    Method: OSIRIS NO2 profile measurements - see figure 8a (between OSIRIS scan 22105032 and SCIAMACHY scan at 26degS during orbit 15890)
  • Evaluation of space-based constraints on global nitrogen oxide emissions with regional aircraft measurements over and downwind of eastern North America
    Martin, R.V., C.E. Sioris, K. Chance, T.B. Ryerson, T.H. Bertram, P.J. Wooldridge, R.C. Cohen, J.A. Neuman, A. Swanson and F.M. Flocke
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 111, D15308, doi:10.1029/2005JD006680, 2006
    Method: Coincident airborne in-situ measurements as part of ICARTT campaign, using NASA DC-8 (laser induced fluorescence) and NOAA WP-3D (photolysis) aircrafts which spanned conditions from remote marine to highly polluted over eastern North America.
  • An improved tropospheric NO2 column retrieval algorithm for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument
    Boersma, K.F., H.J. Eskes, R.J. Dirksen, R.J. van der A, J.P. Veefkind, P. Stammes, V.Huijnen, Q.L. Kleipool, M. Sneep, J. Claas, J. Leitao, A. Richter, Y. Zhou and D. Brünner
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 4, 2329-2388, 2011
    Method: Present an improved tropospheric NO2 column retrieval algorithm (DOMINO) for OMI based on better air mass factors. The focus is on NO2 retrievals from OMI, but the described improvements are of similar importance for NO2 retrievals from the SCIAMACHY series provided by KNMI
  • SCIAMACHY limb measurements of NO2, BrO and OClO. Retrieval of vertical profiles: Algorithm, first results, sensitivity and comparison studies
    Kühl, S., J. Pukite, T. Deutschmann, U. Platt and T. Wagner
    Abstract/Article: Advances in Space Research, 42, 1747-1764, 2008
    Method: First results on the retrieval of NO2, BrO and OClO profiles from the SCIAMACHY Limb measurements are presented and compared to independent satellite and balloon borne observations
  • Trends, seasonal variability and dominant NOx source derived from a ten year record of NO2 measured from space
    van der A, R.J., H.J. Eskes, K F. Boersma, T.P.C. van Noije, M. Van Roozendael, I. De Smedt, D.H.M.U. Peters and E.W. Meijer
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., vol 113, D04302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009021, 2008
    Method: Global distributions of tropospheric NO2 have been derived for the period 1996-2006 from radiances measured with the satellite instrument SCIAMACHY. A statistical analysis is applied to derive trends and seasonal variability for this period on a global scale
  • Formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide over the remote western Pacific Ocean: SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 validation using ship-based MAX-DOAS observations
    Peters, E., F. Wittrock, K. Großmann, U. Frieß, A. Richter and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 11179-11197, 2012
    Method: Comparison with ship-borne MAXDOAS
  • Validation of SCIAMACHY limb NO2 profiles using solar occultation measurements
    Bauer, R., A. Rozanov, C.A. McLinden, L.L. Gordley, W. Lotz, J.M. Russell III, K.A. Walker, J.M. Zawodny, A. Ladstätter-Weißenmayer, H. Bovensmann and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techiques 5, 1059-1084, 2012
    Method: Comparison with SAGE II, HALOE and ACE-FTS
  • Quantitative bias estimates for tropospheric NO2 columns retrieved from SCIAMACHY, OMI, and GOME-2 using a common standard for East Asia
    Irie, H., K.F. Boersma, Y. Kanaya, H. Takashima, X. Pan and Z.F. Wang
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2403-2411, 2012
    Method: Comparison with MAXDOAS
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  • Balloon-borne stratospheric BrO measurements: comparison with Envisat/SCIAMACHY BrO limb profiles
    Dorf, M., H. Bösch, A. Butz, C. Camy-Peyret, M.P. Chipperfield, A. Engel, F. Goutail, K. Grunow, F. Hendrick, S. Hrechanyy, B. Naujokat, J.-P. Pommereau, M. Van Roozendael, C. Sioris, F. Stroh, F.Weidner and K. Pfeilsticker
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 2483–2501, 2006
    Method: Balloon sensors (Resonance fluorescence, DOAS & SAOZ) and 3-D CTM SLIMCAT model output
  • Latitudinal and vertical distribution of bromine monoxide in the lower stratosphere from Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography limb scattering measurements
    Sioris, C.E., L.J. Kovalenko, C.A. McLinden, R.J. Salawitch, M. Van Roozendael, F. Goutail, M. Dorf, K. Pfeilsticker, K. Chance, C. von Savigny, X. Liu, T.P. Kurosu, J.-P. Pommereau, H. Bosch and J. Frerick
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 111, D14301, doi:10.1029/2005JD006479, 2006
    Method: Balloon-borne DOAS measurements
  • Multi-year comparison of stratospheric BrO vertical profiles retrieved from SCIAMACHY limb and ground-based UV-visible measurements
    Hendrick, F., A. Rozanov, P.V. Johnston, H. Bovensmann, M. De Maziere, C. Fayt, C. Hermans, K. Kreher, W. Lotz, B.M. Sinnhuber, N. Theys, A. Thomas, J.P. Burrows and M. Van Roozendael
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 2, 273-285, 2009
    Method: Vertical profiles of stratospheric BrO retrieved daily from SCIAMACHY limb scatter data are copmpared to ground-based UV-visible observations performed at three gound based measuring sites in the 15 to 27 km altitude range for various periods, respectivel
  • SCIAMACHY limb measurements of NO2, BrO and OClO. Retrieval of vertical profiles: Algorithm, first results, sensitivity and comparison studies
    Kühl, S., J. Pukite, T. Deutschmann, U. Platt and T. Wagner
    Abstract/Article: Advances in Space Research, 42, 1747-1764, 2008
    Method: First results on the retrieval of NO2, BrO and OClO profiles from the SCIAMACHY Limb measurements are presented and compared to independent satellite and balloon borne observations
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  • SO2 emissions and lifetimes: Estimates from inverse modeling using in situ and global, space based (SCIAMACHY and OMI) observations;
    Lee, C., R.V. Martin, A. van Donkelaar, H. Lee, R.R. Dickerson, J.C. Hains, N. Krotkov, A. Richter, K. Vinnikov and J.J. Schwab
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res, vol 116, D06304, doi:10.1029/2010JD014758, 2011
    Method: Top down constraints on global SO2 emissions are inferred through inverse modeling using SO2 column observations from SCIAMACHY and OMI satellite instruments
  • SO2 Retrieval from SCIAMACHY using the Weighting Function DOAS (WFDOAS) technique: comparison with Standard DOAS retrieval
    Lee, C., A. Richter, M. Weber and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8, 6137-6145, 2008
    Method: The WFDOAS SO2 retrieval from SCIAMACHY data are presented and compared to those of the Standard DOAS method for cases of background conditions and volcanic eruption
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  • SCIAMACHY formaldehyde observations: constraint for isoprene emission estimates over Europe
    Dufour, G., F. Wittrock, M. Camredon, M. Beekmann, A. Richter, B. Aumont and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 1647-1664, 2009
    Method: The influence of the different emissions on HCHO tropospheric columns are investigated with the CHIMERE chemical transport model in order to interpret the comparisons between SCIAMACHY and simulated HCHO columns
  • Formaldehyde and nitrogen dioxide over the remote western Pacific Ocean: SCIAMACHY and GOME-2 validation using ship-based MAX-DOAS observations
    Peters, E., F. Wittrock, K. Großmann, U. Frieß, A. Richter and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 11179-11197, 2012
    Method: Comparison with ship-borne MAXDOAS
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  • Evaluation of stratospheric chlorine chemistry for the Arctic spring 2005 using modelled and measured OClO column densities
    Oetjen, H., F. Wittrock , A. Richter, M.P. Chipperfield, T. Medeke, N. Sheode, B.-M. Sinnhuber, M. Sinnhuber and J. P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11, 689-703, 2011
    Method: OClO column amounts retrieved from SCIAMACHY during spring 2005 are presented and validated by comparison with simultaneous ground-based DOAS observation
  • SCIAMACHY limb measurements of NO2, BrO and OClO. Retrieval of vertical profiles: Algorithm, first results, sensitivity and comparison studies
    Kühl, S., J. Pukite, T. Deutschmann, U. Platt and T. Wagner
    Abstract/Article: Advances in Space Research, 42, 1747-1764, 2008
    Method: First results on the retrieval of NO2, BrO and OClO profiles from the SCIAMACHY Limb measurements are presented and compared to independent satellite and balloon borne observations
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  • Dynamic Processes Governing Lower-Tropospheric HDO/H2O Ratios as Observed from Space and Ground
    Frankenberg, C., K. Yoshimura, T. Warneke, I. Aben, A. Butz, N. Deutscher, D. Griffith, F. Hase, J. Notholt, M. Schneider, H. Schrijver and T. Rockmann
    Abstract/Article: Science, 325, 1374, 2009, DOI: 10.1126/science.1173791
    Method: NULL
  • Water vapour total columns from SCIAMACHY spectra in the 2.36um window
    Schrijver, H., A.M.S. Gloudemans, C. Frankenberg and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 2, 561-571, 2009
    Method: Retrieved water vapour total vertical columns are compared with spatially and temporally collocated values from the ECMWF data
  • Comparison of monthly means of global total column water vapor retrieved from independent satellite observations
    Mieruch, S., M. Schröder, S. Noël and J. Schulz
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., vol 115, D23310, doi:10.1029/2010JD013946, 2010
    Method: GOME/SCIAMACHY total column water vapour monthly mean measurements are compared with the passive microwave observations from SSM/I for the period of 1996 to 2005
  • Validation of two independent retrievals of SCIAMACHY water vapour columns using radiosonde data
    du Piesanie, A., A.J.M. Piters, I. Aben, H. Schrijver, P. Wang and S. Noël
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 6, 2925-2940
    Method: comparison with radio-sonde
  • Improved water vapour spectroscopy in the 4174–4300 cm-1 region and its impact on SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements
    Scheepmaker, R. A., C. Frankenberg, A. Galli, A. Butz, H. Schrijver, N.M. Deutscher, D. Wunch, T. Warneke, S. Fally and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 6, 879-894, 2013
    Method: NULL
  • Water vapor isotopologue retrievals from high-resolution GOSAT shortwave infrared spectra
    Frankenberg, C., D. Wunch, G. Toon, C. Risi, R. Scheepmaker, J.-E. Lee, P. Wennberg and J. Worden
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 6, 263-274, 2013
    Method: Comparison with GOSAT, TCCON and ECMWF
  • Asian monsoon hydrometeorology from TES and SCIAMACHY water vapor isotope measurements and LMDZ simulations: Implications for speleothem climate record interpretation
    Lee, J.-E., C. Risi, I. Fung, J. Worden, R.A. Scheepmaker, B. Lintner and C. Frankenberg
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 117, D15112, doi:10.1029/2011JD017133, 2012
    Method: Comparison with TES and LMDZ model
  • Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. Comparison between models and observations
    Risi, C., D. Noone, J. Worden, C. Frankenberg, G. Stiller, M. Kiefer, B. Funke, K. Walker, P. Bernath, M. Schneider, D. Wunch, V. Sherlock, N. Deutscher, D. Griffith, P.O. Wennberg, K. Strong, D. Smale, E. Mahieu, S. Barthlott, F. Hase, O. Garcia, J. Notholt, T. Warneke, G. Toon, D. Sayres, S. Bony, J. Lee, D. Brown, R. Uemura and C. Sturm
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 117, D05303, doi:10.1029/2011JD016621, 2012
    Method: NULL
  • Comparison of an isotopic atmospheric general circulation model with new quasi-global satellite measurements of water vapor isotopologues
    Yoshimura, K., C. Frankenberg, J. Lee, M. Kanamitsu, J. Worden and T. Röckmann
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 116, D19118, doi:10.1029/2011JD016035, 2011
    Method: NULL
  • Comparison of decadal global water vapor changes derived from independent satellite time series
    Mieruch, S., M. Schröder, S. Noël and J. Schulz
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2014JD021588
    Method: Comparison with HOAPS
  • Validation of SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements using the TCCON and NDACC-MUSICA networks
    Scheepmaker, R.A., C. Frankenberg, N.M. Deutscher, M. Schneider, S. Barthlott, T. Blumenstock, O.E. Garcia, F. Hase, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, J. Notholt, V. Velazco, J. Landgraf and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 8, 1799-1818, doi:10.5194/amt-8-1799-2015
    Method: Comparison with ground-based FTS data
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  • Atmospheric carbon gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: version 0.5 CO and CH4 and impact of calibration improvements on CO2 retrieval
    Buchwitz, M., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 2727–2751, 2006
    Method: "MOPITT satellite data (CO) and TM5 model simulations - world (CH4) and FTIR measurements at Park Falls,\nWisconsin, USA (CO2)"
  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
    Dils, B., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1953–1976, 2006
    Method: 11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)
  • Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: Analysis of the years 2003 and 2004
    Frankenberg, C., J.F. Meirink, P. Bergamaschi, A.P.H. Goede, M. Heimann, S. Körner, U. Platt, M. van Weele and T. Wagner
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 111, D07303, doi:10.1029/2005JD006235, 2006
    Method: TM4 model
  • Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHYon board ENVISAT:2. Evaluation based on inverse model simulations
    Bergamaschi, P., C. Frankenberg, J.F. Meirink, M. Krol, F. Dentener, T. Wagner, U. Platt, J.O. Kaplan, S. Körner, M. Heimann, E.J. Dlugokencky and A. Goede
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 112, D02304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007268, 2007
    Method: Inverse TM5 model simulations
  • Error analysis for CO and CH4 total column retrievals from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra
    Gloudemans, A.M.S., H. Schrijver, O.P. Hasekamp and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8, 3999-4017, 2008
    Method: Sensitivity analysis of the Iterative Maximum Likelihood Method (IMLM) algorithm and its application to SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra
  • Tropical methane emissions: A revised view from SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT
    Frankenberg, C., P. Bergamaschi, A. Butz, S. Houweling, J.F. Meirink, J. Notholt, A.K. Petersen, H. Schrijver, T. Warneke and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L15811, 2008
  • Inverse modeling of global and regional CH4 emissions using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals
    Bergamaschi, P., C.P. Frankenberg, J.F. Meirink, M. Krol, M.G. Villani, S. Houweling, F. Dentener,E.J. Dlugokencky, J.B. Miller, L.V. Gatti, A. Engel and I. Levin
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 114, D22301, doi:10.1029/2009JD012287
    Method: Analyze the impact of SCIAMACHY retrievals revision on global and regional CH4 emissions estimates in 2004 using the TM5-4DVAR inverse modeling system
  • Global column averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability
    Frankenberg, C., I. Aben, P. Bergamaschi, E. J. Dlugokencky, R. van Hees, S. Houweling, P. van der Meer, R. Snel and P. Tol
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., vol 116, D04302, doi:10.1029/2010JD014849, 2011
    Method: Long-term data set of column-averaged methane mixing ratios retrieved from spectra of SCIAMACHY
  • Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite - Part 2: Methane
    Schneising, O., M. Buchwitz, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, P. Bergamaschi and W. Peters
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 443-465, 2009
    Method: Comparisons with the TM5 model
  • Corrigendum to "A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements" published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 3991-4012, 2014
    Houweling, S., M. Krol, P. Bergamaschi, C. Frankenberg, E. J. Dlugokencky, I. Morino, J. Notholt, V. Sherlock, D. Wunch, V. Beck, C. Gerbig, H. Chen, E. A. Kort, T. Rockmann and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, 10961-10962
    Method: Comparison with TCCON using TM5
  • A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements
    Houweling, S., M. Krol, P. Bergamaschi, C. Frankenberg, E. J. Dlugokencky, I. Morino, J. Notholt, V. Sherlock, D. Wunch, V. Beck, C. Gerbig, H. Chen, E. A. Kort, T. Rockmann and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 14, 3991-4012, 2014
    Method: Comparison with TCCON using TM5
  • Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results
    Schneising, O., P. Bergamaschi, H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J.P. Burrows, N.M. Deutscher, D.W.T. Griffith, J. Heymann, R. Macatangay, J. Messerschmidt, J. Notholt, M. Rettinger, S. Reuter, R. Sussmann, V.A. Velazco, T. Warneke, P.O. Wennberg and D. Wunch
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 1527-1540, 2012
    Method: Comparison with FTS and TM5 model
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  • Atmospheric carbon gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: version 0.5 CO and CH4 and impact of calibration improvements on CO2 retrieval
    Buchwitz, M., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 2727–2751, 2006
    Method: "MOPITT satellite data (CO) and TM5 model simulations - world (CH4) and FTIR measurements at Park Falls,\nWisconsin, USA (CO2)"
  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
    Dils, B., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1953–1976, 2006
    Method: 11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)
  • SCIAMACHY carbon monoxide total columns : statistical evaluation and comparison with CTM results
    de Laat, A.T.J., A.M.S. Gloudemans, I. Aben, M. Krol, J.F. Meirink, G.R. van der Werf and H. Schrijver
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD008256, 2007
    Method: TM4 model
  • Three years of global carbon monoxide from SCIAMACHY: comparison with MOPITT and first results related to the detection of enhanced CO over cities
    Buchwitz, M., I. Khlystova, H. Bovensmann and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 2399-2411, 2007
    Method: comparison with MOPITT (Europe, Middle East, India, China)
  • Error analysis for CO and CH4 total column retrievals from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra
    Gloudemans, A.M.S., H. Schrijver, O.P. Hasekamp and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8, 3999-4017, 2008
    Method: Sensitivity analysis of the Iterative Maximum Likelihood Method (IMLM) algorithm and its application to SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra
  • SCIAMACHY CO over the oceans: 2003-2007 interannual variability
    Gloudemans, A.M.S., A.T.J. de Laat, H. Schrijver, I. Aben, J.F. Meirink and G.R. van der Werf
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9, 5583-5621, 2009
    Method: CO measurements compared with collocated modeled CO columns.CH4 cloud top height compared to FRESCO+ cloud top height
  • Validation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations
    de Laat, A.T.J., A.M.S. Gloudemans, H. Schrijver, I. Aben, Y. Nagahama, K. Suzuki, E. Mahieu, N.B. Jones, C. Paton-Walsh, N.M. Deutscher, D.W.T. Griffith, M. De Maziere, R.L. Mittermeier, H. Fast, J. Notholt, M. Palm, T. Hawat, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, M. Schneider, C. Rinsland, A.V. Dzhola, E.I. Grechko, A.M. Poberovskii, M.V. Makarova, J. Mellqvist, A. Strandberg, R. Sussmann, T. Borsdorff and M. Rettinge
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 3, 1457-1471, 2010
    Method: Validation of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements from the IMLM algorithm using ground-based spectrometer observations from twenty surface stations for the five year time period of 2003 to 2007
  • Global evaluation of SCIAMACHY and MOPITT carbon monoxide column differences for 2004-2005
    de Laat, A.T.J., A.M.S. Gloudemans, I. Aben and H. Schrijver
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res, 115, D06307, doi:10.1029/2009JD012698, 2010
    Method: Global comparison of SCIAMACHY and MOPITT CO column measurements for the years 2004 and 2005. Quantitative comparisons have been performed taking the effects of instrument noise errors, vertical sensitivities via the averaging kernel and a priori, different spatio-temporal sampling and clouds into account using simulated CO profiles from the TM4 model
  • Validation of six years of SCIAMACHY carbon monoxide observations using MOZAIC CO profile measurements
    de Laat, A.T.J. , R. Dijkstra, H. Schrijver, P. Nédélec and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2133-2142
    Method: intercomparison with TM5 and MOZAIC data
  • Corrigendum to "Validation of six years of SCIAMACHY carbon monoxide observations using MOZAIC CO profile measurements" published in Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, 2133–2142, 2012
    de Laat, A.T.J. , R. Dijkstra, H. Schrijver, P. Nédélec and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2431-2431
    Method: NULL
  • Corrigendum to "Validation of six years of SCIAMACHY carbon monoxide observations using MOZAIC CO profile measurements" published in Atmos.
    de Laat, A.T.J., R. Dijkstra, H. Schrijver, P. Nédélec and I. Aben
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2431-2431, 2012
    Method: NULL
  • Insights into Tikhonov regularization: application to trace gas column retrieval and the efficient calculation of total column averaging kernels
    Borsdorff, T., O.P. Hasekamp, A. Wassmann and J. Landgraf
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7, 523-535, 2014
    Method: NULL
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  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY atmospheric CO2 retrieved using (FSI) WFM-DOAS to ground based FTIR data and the TM3 chemistry transport model
    Barkley, M.P., P.S. Monks, U. Frieß, R.L. Mittermeier, H. Fast, S. Körner and M. Heimann
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 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
    Buchwitz, M., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 2727–2751, 2006
    Method: "MOPITT satellite data (CO) and TM5 model simulations - world (CH4) and FTIR measurements at Park Falls,\nWisconsin, USA (CO2)"
  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
    Dils, B., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1953–1976, 2006
    Method: 11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)
  • Space-based near-infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsina
    Bösch, H., 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: J. Geophys. Res., 111, D23302, doi:10.1029/2006JD007080, 2006
    Method: Ground-based Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) measurements at Park Falls,Wisconsin.
  • First direct observation of the atmospheric CO2 year-to-year increase from space
    Buchwitz, M., O. Schneising, J.P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, M. Reuter and J. Notholt
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 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
    Schneising, O., M. Buchwitz, J.P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, M. Reuter, J. Notholt, R. Macatangay and T. Warneke
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 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
  • SCIAMACHY WFM-DOAS XCO2: reduction of scattering related errors
    Heymann, J., H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J.P. Burrows, N.M. Deutscher, J. Notholt, M. Rettinger, M. Reuter, O. Schneising, R. Sussmann and T. Warneke
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 5, 2375-2390
    Method: Comparison with TCCON
  • Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results
    Schneising, O., P. Bergamaschi, H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J.P. Burrows, N.M. Deutscher, D.W.T. Griffith, J. Heymann, R. Macatangay, J. Messerschmidt, J. Notholt, M. Rettinger, S. Reuter, R. Sussmann, V.A. Velazco, T. Warneke, P.O. Wennberg and D. Wunch
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12, 1527-1540, 2012
    Method: Comparison with FTS and TM5 model
  • Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: Validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results
    Reuter, M., H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J.P. Burrows, B.J. Connor, N.M. Deutscher, D.W.T. Griffith, J. Heymann, G. Keppel-Aleks, J. Messerschmidt, J. Notholt, C. Petri, J. Robinson, O. Schneising, V. Sherlock, V. Velazco, T. Warneke, P.O. Wennberg and D. Wunch
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 116, D04301, doi:10.1029/2010JD015047, 2011
    Method: Comparison with FTS (TCCON) and model (CarbonTracker)
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  • Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
    Dils, B., 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: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 1953–1976, 2006
    Method: 11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)
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  • The semianalytical cloud retrieval algorithm for SCIAMACHY II. The application to MERIS and SCIAMACHY data
    Kokhanovsky, A.A., W. von Hoyningen-Huene, V.V. Rozanov, S. Noël, K. Gerilowski, H. Bovensmann, K. Bramstedt, M. Buchwitz and J.P. Burrows
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 4129–4136, 2006
    Method: MERIS
  • Improving cloud information over deserts from SCIAMACHY oxygen A-band measurements
    Fournier, N., P. Stammes, M. de Graaf, R. van der A, A. Piters, M. Grzegorski and A. Kokhanovsky
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6, 163–172, 2006
    Method: HICRU (Heidelberg Iterative Cloud Retrieval Utilities), SACURA (SemiAnalytical CloUd Retrieval Algorithm) and the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instrument (scene over Sahara)
  • FRESCO+: an improved O2 A-band cloud retrieval algorithm for tropospheric trace gas retrievals
    Wang, P., P. Stammes, R. van der A, G. Pinardi and M. van Roozendael
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8, 6565-6576, 2008
    Method: Compare FRESCO+ with FRESCO effective cloud fraction and cloud pressures using simulated spectra and GOME measured spectra
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  • Validation of SCIAMACHY top-of-atmosphere reflectance for aerosol remote sensing using MERIS L1 data
    von Hoyningen-Huene, W., A.A. Kokhanovsky, M.W. Wuttke, M. Buchwitz, S. Noël, K. Gerilowski, J.P. Burrows, B. Latter, R. Siddans and B.J. Kerridge
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 7, 97–106, 2007
    Method: MERIS L1 data
  • First verification of SCIAMACHY's Absorbing Aerosol Index product
    de Graaf, M. and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: ESA Special Publication-531, August 2003
    Method: Verified by comparing level 2 operational AAI product with KNMI's AAI algorithm
  • SCIAMACHY Absorbing Aerosol Index: The scientific product compared to the operational product and TOMS data
    de Graaf, M., L.G. Tilstra and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: ESA Special Publication-562, August 2004
    Method: Intercomparison between SCIAMACHY level 2 AAI product and TOMS AAI on the basis of a dust outbreak on 5 April 2004 over the Sahara
  • SCIAMACHY Absorbing Aerosol Index and the consequences of instrument degradation
    Tilstra, L.G., M. de Graaf, S. Noël, I. Aben and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: ESA Special Publication-642, February 2007
    Method: Global mean analysis
  • Analysis of 5 years of SCIAMACHY Absorbing Aerosol Index data
    Tilstra, L.G., M. de Graaf, I. Aben and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: ESA Special Publication SP-636, July 2007
    Method: Time series of regional means / satellite intercomparison
  • Satellite observations of the seasonal cycles of absorbing aerosols in Africa related to the monsoon rainfall, 1995-2008
    de Graaf, M., L.G. Tilstra, I. Aben and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: Atmospheric Environment 44, 10, 1274-1283, 2010
    Method: Comparison with precipitation data
  • Aerosol direct radiative effect of smoke over clouds over the southeast Atlantic Ocean from 2006 to 2009
    de Graaf, M., M. Bellouin, L.G. Tilstra, J. Haywood and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: Geophysical Research Letters 41(21), doi:10.1002/2014GL061103, 2014
    Method: Comparison of the aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds retrieved from SCIAMACHY with the HadGEM2 model
  • Retrieval of the aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds from spaceborne spectrometry
    de Graaf, M., L.G. Tilstra, P. Wang and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res., 117, D07207, doi:10.1029/2011JD017160, 2012
    Method: Retrieval of the aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds from SCIAMACHY
  • Comparison of south Atlantic aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds from SCIAMACHY, POLDER and OMI/MODIS
    de Graaf, M., R. Schulte, F. Peers, F. Waquet, L.G. Tilstra and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., in review, 2019
    Method: Comparison of the aerosol direct radiative effect over clouds retrieved from SCIAMACHY, POLDER and OMI/MODIS
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  • Extreme sunbathing: Three weeks of small total O3 columns and high UV radiation over the southern tip of South America during the 2009 Antarctic O3 hole season
    de Laat, A.T.J., R.J. van der A, M.A.F. Allaart, M. van Weele, G. C. Benitez, C. Casiccia, N. M. Paes Leme, E. Quel, J. Salvador and E. Wolfram
    Abstract/Article: Geophysical research letters, vol. 37, L14805, doi:10.1029/2010GL043699, 2010
    Method: Comparison of ground-based and satellite measurements of total O3 columns and satellite based calculations of the UVI index
  • Surface solar and UV products for Europe by combination of MSG and SCIAMACHY (SUPREMACY): Final report
    van Weele, M.
    Abstract/Article: NIVR report, 53411KN, 2008
    Method: NULL
  • TEMIS UV product validation using NILU-UV ground-based measurements in Thessaloniki, Greece
    Zempila, M.-M., J.H.G.M. van Geffen, M. Taylor, I. Fountoulakis, M.-E. Koukouli, M. van Weele, R.J. van der A, A. Bais, C. Meleti and D. Balis
    Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys. 17, 7157-7174, 2017
    Method: Validation using ground-based observations as reference
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  • Method for in-flight satellite calibration in the ultraviolet using radiative transfer calculations, with application to Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY)
    Tilstra, L.G., G. van Soest and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: Journal of Geophysical Research 110, D18311, doi:10.1029/2005JD005853, 2005
    Method: comparison using radiative transfer calculations as reference
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  • Surface reflectivity climatologies from UV to NIR determined from Earth observations by GOME-2 and SCIAMACHY
    Tilstra, L.G., O.N.E. Tuinder, P. Wang and P. Stammes
    Abstract/Article: J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 4084-4111, 2017
    Method: Validation by intercomparison with other surface albedo databases

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