GOME Monthly Mean Distributions of HCHO Column Data V1 (Release Date: Dec 2006)

represent the work conducted at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, and the University of Edinburgh. Please see references below for further reading.

1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001 -- Feb missing.

README, DISCLAIMER

The README file describes the data format and the corrections we have applied (e.g., instrument artifacts) to the slant columns. (PDF). Fitted slant columns are from Kelly Chance (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Chance et al. (2000))

DISCLAIMER: As with all research products there will be errors in the data processing. Feel free to contact Paul Palmer or Michael Barkley if you find any of them and we will do our best to correct these errors and release a new data version online. Orbital level 1 data products are available on request.

References

• Abbot, D. S., P. I. Palmer, R. V. Martin, K. V. Chance, D. J. Jacob, A. Guenther, "Seasonal and interannual variability of isoprene emissions as determined by formaldehyde column measurements from space," Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2003GL017336, 2003. (PDF). Journal cover.
• Chance, K., P. I. Palmer, R. V. Martin, R. J. D. Spurr, T. P. Kurosu, and D. J. Jacob, "Satellite observations of formaldehyde over North America from GOME," Geophys. Res. Lett, 27, 3461-3464, 2000. (PDF)
• Fu, T-M., D. J. Jacob, P. I. Palmer, K. Chance, Y. X. Wang, B. Barletta, D. R. Blake, J. C. Stanton, and M. J. Pilling, "Space-based formaldehyde measurements as constraints on volatile organic compound emissions in East and South Asia," J. Geophys. Res., submitted, 2006. (PDF)
• Martin, R. V., K. Chance, D. J. Jacob, T. P. Kurosu, R. J. D. Spurr, E. Bucsela, J. F. Gleason, P. I. Palmer, I. Bey, A. M. Fiore, Q. Li, and R. M. Yantosca, "An improved retrieval of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide from GOME," J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JD001027, 2002. (PDF)
• Martin, R.V., D.D. Parrish, T.B. Ryerson, D.K. Nicks Jr., K. Chance, T.P. Kurosu, A. Fried, B.P. Wert, D.J. Jacob, and E. D. Sturges, "Evaluation of GOME satellite measurements of tropospheric NO2 and HCHO using regional data from aircraft campaigns in the southeastern United States," J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24307, doi:10.1029/2004JD004869, 2004. (PDF)
• Palmer, P. I., D. J. Jacob, K. Chance, R. V. Martin, R. J. D. Spurr, T. P. Kurosu, I. Bey, R. Yantosca, A. Fiore, and Q. Li, "Air-mass factor formulation for spectroscopic measurements from satellites: Application to formaldehyde retrievals from the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment," J. Geophys. Res., 106, 14539-14550, 2001. (PDF)
• Palmer, P. I., D. J. Jacob, A. M. Fiore, R. V. Martin, K. Chance, and T. P. Kurosu, "Mapping isoprene emissions over North America using formaldehyde column observations from space, " J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2002JD002153, 2003. (PDF)
• Palmer, P. I., D. S. Abbot, T-M. Fu, D. J. Jacob, K. Chance, T. Kurosu, A. Guenther, C. Wiedinmyer, J. Stanton, M. Pilling, S. Pressley, B. Lamb, and A. L. Sumner, "Quantifying the seasonal and interannual variability of North American isoprene emissions using satellite observations of formaldehyde column," J. Geophys. Res.., doi:10.1029/2005JD006689, 2006. (PDF)