Validation Papers

2009

• TES Level 2 Data Quality Statement, July 2009.
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• Ho, S., D. P. Edwards, J. C. Gille, M. Luo, G. B. Osterman, S. S. Kulawik, and H. Worden, A global comparison of carbon monoxide profiles and column amounts from Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT), J. Geophys. Res., 114, D21307, doi:10.1029/2009JD012242, 2009.
  - Abstract URL http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009JD012242.shtml
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• Payne, V. H., S. A. Clough, M. W. Shephard, R. Nassar, and J. A. Logan, Information-centered representation of retrievals with limited degrees of freedom for signal: Application to methane from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer, J. Geophys. Res.,, doi:10.1029/2008JD010155, 2009.
  - Full Text [PDF, 6.56 MB]

2008

• Lopez, J. P., M. Luo, L. E. Christensen, M. Loewenstein, H. Jost, C. R. Webster, and G. Osterman, TES carbon monoxide validation during two AVE campaigns using the Argus and ALIAS instruments on NASA's WB-57F, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD008811, D16S47, August 15, 2008.
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• Coffey, M.T., J.W. Hannigan, A. Goldman, D. Kinnison, J.C. Gille, J.J. Barnett,L. Froidevaux, A. Lambert, M. Santee, N. Livesey, B. Fisher, S.S. Kulawik, and R. Beer, Airborne Fourier transform spectrometer observations in support of EOS Aura validation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S42, doi:10.1029/2007JD008833, June 24, 2008.
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• Richards, N. A. D., G. B. Osterman, E. V. Browell, J. W. Hair, M. Avery and Q. Li, Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer ozone profiles with aircraft observations during the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment–B, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16S29, doi:10.1029/2007JD008815, May 23, 2008.
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• Shephard, M. W, R. L. Herman, B. M. Fisher, K. E. Cady-Pereira, S. A. Clough, V. H. Payne, et al., Comparison of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Nadir Water Vapor Retrievals with In Situ Measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S24, doi:10.1029/2007JD008822, May 16, 2008.
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• Nassar, R., J. A. Logan, H. M. Worden, I. A. Megretskaia, K. W. Bowman, G. B. Osterman, A. M. Thompson, D. W. Tarasick, S. Austin, H. Claude, M. K. Dubey, W. K. Hocking, B. J. Johnson, E. Joseph, J. Merrill, G. Morris, M. Newchurch, et al., Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Nadir Ozone Profiles Using Ozonesonde Measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S17, doi:10.1029/2007JD008819, May 7, 2008.
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• Osterman, G., S.S. Kulawik, H.M. Worden, N.A.D. Richards, B.M. Fisher, A. Eldering, M.W. Shephard, L. Froidevaux, G. Labow, M. Luo, R.L. Herman, K.W. Bowman, and A. M. Thompson, Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Measurements of the Total, Stratospheric and Tropospheric Column Abundance of Ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S16, doi:10.1029/2007JD008801, May 7, 2008.
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• Shephard, M. W., H. M. Worden, K. E. Cady-Pereira, M. Lampel, M. Luo, K. W. Bowman, E. Sarkissian, R. Beer, D. M. Rider, D. C.Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, B. M. Fisher, D. Tremblay, S. A. Clough, G. B. Osterman, M. Gunson, Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Nadir Spectral Radiance Comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15S05, doi:10.1029/2007JD008856, April 22, 2008.
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• Eldering, A., S. S. Kulawik, J. Worden, K. Bowman, and G. Osterman, Implementation of cloud retrievals for TES atmospheric retrievals: 2. Characterization of cloud top pressure and effective optical depth retrievals, J. Geophys. Res.,, 113, D16S37, doi:10.1029/2007JD008858., 2008.
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2007

• Luo, M., C. Rinsland, B. Fisher, G. Sachse, G. Diskin, J. Logan, H. Worden, S. Kulawik, G. Osterman, A. Eldering, R. Herman and M. Shephard, TES carbon monoxide validation with DACOM aircraft measurements during INTEX-B 2006, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24S48, doi:10.1029/2007JD008803, December 20, 2007.
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• Luo, M., C. P. Rinsland, C. D. Rodgers, J. A. Logan, H. Worden, S. Kulawik, A. Eldering, A. Goldman, M. W. Shephard, M. Gunson, and M. Lampel, Comparison of carbon monoxide measurements by TES and MOPITT: the influence of a priori data and instrument characteristics on nadir atmospheric species retrievals, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D09303, doi:101029/2006JD007663, May 3, 2007.
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• Worden, H. M., J. Logan, J. R. Worden, R. Beer, K. Bowman, S. A. Clough, A. Eldering, B. Fisher, M. R. Gunson, R. L. Herman, S. S. Kulawik, M. C. Lampel, M. Luo, I. A. Megretskaia, G. B. Osterman, M. W. Shephard, Comparisons of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) ozone profiles to ozonesodes: methods and initial results, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D03309, doi:10.1029/2006JD007258, February 15, 2007.
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