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Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Collection 4 Formaldehyde Product
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  • Zolal Ayazpour,
  • Gonzalo González Abad,
  • Caroline R. Nowlan,
  • Kang Sun,
  • Hyeong-Ahn Kwon,
  • Christopher Chan Miller,
  • Heesung Chong,
  • Huiqun Wang,
  • Xiong Liu,
  • Kelly V. Chance,
  • Ewan O'Sullivan,
  • Lei Zhu,
  • Corinne Vigouroux,
  • Isabelle De Smedt,
  • Wolfgang Stremme,
  • James W Hannigan,
  • Justus Notholt,
  • Xiaoyu Sun,
  • Mathias Palm,
  • Christof Petri,
  • Kimberly Strong,
  • Amelie Ninja Röhling,
  • Emmanuel Mahieu,
  • Dan Smale,
  • Yao Té,
  • Isamu Morino,
  • Isao Murata,
  • Tomoo Nagahama,
  • Rigel Kivi,
  • Maria Makarova,
  • Nicholas Brian Jones,
  • Ralf Sussmann
Zolal Ayazpour
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Gonzalo González Abad
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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Caroline R. Nowlan
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astropysics
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Kang Sun
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
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Hyeong-Ahn Kwon
University of Suwon
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Christopher Chan Miller
Harvard University
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Heesung Chong
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Huiqun Wang
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
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Xiong Liu
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Kelly V. Chance
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Ewan O'Sullivan
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Lei Zhu
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
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Corinne Vigouroux
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
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Isabelle De Smedt
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB)
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Wolfgang Stremme
UNAM, Mexico
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James W Hannigan
National Center for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
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Justus Notholt
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen
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Xiaoyu Sun
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen
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Mathias Palm
University of Bremen
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Christof Petri
University of Bremen
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Kimberly Strong
University of Toronto
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Amelie Ninja Röhling
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Emmanuel Mahieu
University of Liège
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Dan Smale
NIWA Lauder
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Yao Té
Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA-IPSL)
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Isamu Morino
National Institute for Environmental Studies
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Isao Murata
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
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Tomoo Nagahama
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
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Rigel Kivi
Finnish Meteorological Institute
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Maria Makarova
Atmospheric Physics Department, Saint Petersburg State University
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Nicholas Brian Jones
University of Wollongong
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Ralf Sussmann
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU
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Abstract

This study presents the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Collection 4 formaldehyde (HCHO) retrieval developed with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s (SAO) Making Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) algorithm. The retrieval algorithm updates and makes improvements to the NASA operational OMI HCHO (OMI Collection 3 HCHO) algorithm, and has been transitioned to use OMI Collection 4 Level-1B radiances. This paper describes the updated retrieval algorithm and compares Collection 3 and Collection 4 data products. The OMI Collection 4 HCHO exhibits remarkably improved stability over time in comparison to the OMI Collection 3 HCHO product, with better precision and the elimination of artificial trends present in the Collection 3 during the later years of the mission. We validate the OMI Collection 4 HCHO data product using Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) ground-based HCHO measurements. The climatological monthly averaged OMI Collection 4 HCHO vertical column densities (VCDs) agree well with the FTIR VCDs, with a correlation coefficient of 0.83, root-mean-square error (RMSE) of 2.98 × 1015 molecules cm-2, regression slope of 0.79, and intercept of 8.21 × 1014 molecules cm-2. Additionally, we compare the monthly averaged OMI Collection 4 HCHO VCDs to OMPS Suomi NPP, OMPS NOAA-20, and TROPOMI HCHO VCDs in overlapping years for twelve geographic regions. This comparison demonstrates high correlation coefficients of 0.98 (OMPS Suomi NPP), 0.97 (OMPS NOAA-20), and 0.90 (TROPOMI).
05 Jun 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
10 Jun 2024Published in ESS Open Archive