Comparison of NO2 and HCHO Vertical Columns Over Mexico City from Ground and Space
Abstract
Here we present the analysis of spectra measured by the MAX-DOAS (Multi Axis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy) instruments, wich form part of a monitoring network located in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (MCMA). The spectra are processed using the MMF (Mexican Maxdoas Fit) retrieval code which is based on least square fitting and uses optimal estimation and Tikhonov regularization for trace gas and aerosol retrieval, respectively. The retrieved vertical columns densities of NO2 and the methodology used for the statistical calculation of the errors are presented. We compare the NO2 vertical columns densities from the MAX-DOAS measurements with the tropospheric vertical columns from the OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) satellite sensor, using both the DOMINO (Dutch OMI NO2) and the Standard Products V003. The variability observed in the time series of NO2 and HCHO are anlyzed in terms of known patterns of the emission sources, photochemistry and seasonality.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2017
- Bibcode:
- 2017AGUFM.A53A2213O
- Keywords:
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- 0305 Aerosols and particles;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 0345 Pollution: urban and regional;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry;
- ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE;
- 1640 Remote sensing;
- GLOBAL CHANGE