Author Affiliations
1Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China2Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China3School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Observation instruments. (a) Bruker 125HR FTS; (b) solar-tracker
Fig. 2. Process of spectral retrieval
Fig. 3. Linear alignment results of instrument. (a) MEAs retrieved from HBr cell measurements; (b) PEs retrieved from HBr cell measurements
Fig. 4. Spectral fitting result and residual of HNO3 in absorption window centered in wavenumber of 869 cm-1
Fig. 5. Spectral fitting result and residual of HNO3 in absorption window centered in wavenumber of 873 cm-1
Fig. 6. Examples of a priori profile and retrieved profile of HNO3. (a) Retrieved profile and a priori profile; (b) Retrieved profile and a priori profile after taking logarithm
Fig. 7. Vertical profiles of HNO3 volume concentration in different seasons
Fig. 8. Average kernels of retrieved HNO3 profiles
Fig. 9. Total-column average kernel of retrieved HNO3 profiles under typical measurement condition
Fig. 10. Time series of HNO3 total column in 2017
Fig. 11. Comparison between total column of HNO3 observed by ground-based FTS and corresponding partial column of HNO3 observed by MLS satellite
Fig. 12. Scattering plot of total column of HNO3 observed by ground-based FTS and partial column of HNO3 observed by MLS satellite
Sequence number | Microwindow /cm-1 | Spectral range /cm-1 | Interference gas |
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1 | MW1 | 868.47--870.00 | H2O,OCS,NH3,CO2 | 2 | MW2 | 872.80--874.00 | H2O,OCS,NH3,CO2 |
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Table 1. Retrieval windows for HNO3 spectra
Parameter | Random error /% | Systematic error /% |
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Smooting error | 5.076 | | Measurement error | 3.262 | | Retrieval parameter | 0.049 | | Interfering species | 0.199 | | Temperature | 1.611 | 2.219 | Solar zenith angle | 0.073 | 0.073 | Zero level shift | 0.818 | 0.818 | Background curvature | 0.502 | 0.501 | Phase | 0.006 | 0.006 | Line intensity | | 8.756 | Subtotal error | 7.863 | 9.281 | Total error | 12.164 |
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Table 2. Mean random and systematic errors for HNO3 retrieval