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Intercomparison of in-situ NDIR and column FTIR measurements of CO2 at Jungfraujoch
Schibig, M. F.; Mahieu, Emmanuel; Henne, S. et al.
2016In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16 (15), p. 9935-9949
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Keywords :
carbon dioxide; Jungfraujoch station; atmospheric composition; long-term trend; seasonality
Abstract :
[en] We compare two CO2 time series measured at the High Alpine Research Station Jungfraujoch, Switzerland (3580 m a.s.l.), in the period from 2005 to 2013 with an in situ surface measurement system using a nondispersive infrared analyzer (NDIR) and a ground-based remote sensing system using solar absorption Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry. Although the two data sets show an absolute shift of about 13 ppm, the slopes of the annual CO2 increase are in good agreement within their uncertainties. They are 2.04±0.07 and 1.97±0.05 ppm yr-1 for the FTIR and the NDIR systems, respectively. The seasonality of the FTIR and the NDIR systems is 4.46±1.11 and 10.10±0.73 ppm, respectively. The difference is caused by a dampening of the CO2 signal with increasing altitude due to mixing processes. Whereas the minima of both data series occur in the middle of August, the maxima of the two data sets differ by about 10 weeks; the maximum of the FTIR measurements is in the middle of January, and the maximum of the NDIR measurements is found at the end of March. Sensitivity analyses revealed that the air masses measured by the NDIR system at the surface of Jungfraujoch are mainly influenced by central Europe, whereas the air masses measured by the FTIR system in the column above Jungfraujoch are influenced by regions as far west as the Caribbean and the USA. The correlation between the hourly averaged CO2 values of the NDIR system and the individual FTIR CO2 measurements is 0.820, which is very encouraging given the largely different sampling volumes. Further correlation analyses showed, that the correlation is mainly driven by the annual CO2 increase and to a lesser degree by the seasonality. Both systems are suitable to monitor the long-term CO2 increase, because this signal is represented in the whole atmosphere due to mixing.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Schibig, M. F.
Mahieu, Emmanuel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège
Henne, S.
Lejeune, Bernard ;  Université de Liège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Groupe infra-rouge de phys. atmosph. et solaire (GIRPAS)
Leuenberger, M. C.
Language :
English
Title :
Intercomparison of in-situ NDIR and column FTIR measurements of CO2 at Jungfraujoch
Publication date :
08 August 2016
Journal title :
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
ISSN :
1680-7316
eISSN :
1680-7324
Publisher :
Copernicus Publications, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Volume :
16
Issue :
15
Pages :
9935-9949
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
European Projects :
FP7 - 284421 - NORS - Demonstration Network Of ground-based Remote Sensing Observations in support of the GMES Atmospheric Service
Funders :
CE - Commission Européenne [BE]
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