Estimation of the CO2 Concentration From the Measurements of Solar Absorption Spectra at an Altitude of 800 Meters by Using the FTS (GOSAT-BBM) in SWIR Region
Abstract
The Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) is scheduled to be launched in 2008 to observe tropospheric CO2 and CH4 from space. We developed a retrieval algorithm, which simultaneously estimates the CO2 column concentration and the surface albedo from a spectrum of surface scattered solar radiation at 1.6 μm region measured by Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS) with some assumptions on the aerosol parameters. To validate and to improve the retrieval algorithm, a field experiment was conducted from 10:30 to 14:30 JST of November 17, 2005 using a bread board model (BBM) of the FTS. The surface scattered and the direct transmitted solar spectra were measured by BBM, which was installed at the terminal station of the ropeway near the summit of Mt. Tsukuba (an altitude of about 800 m). In-situ CO2 concentration was measured continuously at the surface target point and near the BBM. There seemed to exist visible aerosols within the atmospheric boundary layer; however, no measurements of aerosol parameters were made. We have tried to retrieve the CO2 concentrations with the assumptions of no aerosol and the boundary layer aerosol, respectively. Although the absolute values of the retrieved CO2 concentrations are different between these two analyses, the relative patterns of temporal variation of the retrieved column concentrations are similar. Also, there existed the lag correlation between the retrieved CO2 column concentration and the in-situ observed CO2 concentration at the surface target point. This suggests that our algorithm can at least detect the variation of the CO2 concentration. To retrieve more accurate absolute concentration of CO2, effects of aerosol should be considered properly.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006AGUFM.A21F0904Y
- Keywords:
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- 3360 Remote sensing