HR: 10:40h
AN: A52D-02 INVITED    [Abstracts]
TI: Air Quality Research and Applications Using AURA OMI Data
AU: * Bhartia, P K
EM: pawan.bhartia@nasa.gov
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Gleason, J
EM: James.F.Gleason@nasa.gov
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Torres, O
EM: torres@qhearts.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Torres, O
EM: torres@qhearts.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Joint Center for Earth System Technology (JCET), U. of MD Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
AU: Krotkov, N
EM: krotkov@mhatter.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Krotkov, N
EM: krotkov@mhatter.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Cntr (GEST), U. of MD Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21228, United States
AU: Liu, X
EM: xliu@umbc.edu
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Liu, X
EM: xliu@umbc.edu
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Cntr (GEST), U. of MD Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21228, United States
AU: Ziemke, J
EM: ziemke@mhatter.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Ziemke, J
EM: ziemke@mhatter.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Cntr (GEST), U. of MD Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21228, United States
AU: Chandra, S
EM: sushilchandra@comcast.net
AF: Laboratory for Atmospheres, Mail Code 613.3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Chandra, S
EM: sushilchandra@comcast.net
AF: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology Cntr (GEST), U. of MD Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore, MD 21228, United States
AU: Levelt, P
EM: Pieternel.Levelt@knmi.nl
AF: Royal Dutch Metorological Institute (KNMI), P.O. Box 201, De Bilt, 3730 AE, Netherlands
AB: The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on EOS Aura is a new generation of satellite remote sensing instrument designed to measure trace gas and aerosol absorption at the UV and blue wavelengths. These measurements are made globally at urban scale resolution with no inter-orbital gaps that make them potentially very useful for air quality research, such as the determination of the sources and processes that affect global and regional air quality, and to develop applications such as air quality forecast. However, the use of satellite data for such applications is not as straightfoward as satellite data have been for stratospheric research. There is a need for close interaction between the satellite product developers, in-situ measurement programs, and the air quality research community to overcome some of the inherent difficulties in interpreting data from satellite-based remote sensing instruments. In this talk we will discuss the challenges and opportunities in using OMI products for air quality research and applications. A key conclusion of this work is that to realize the full potential of OMI measurements it will be necessary to combine OMI data with data from instruments such as MLS, MODIS, AIRS, and CALIPSO that are currently flying in the "A-train" satellite constellation. In addition similar data taken by satellites crossing the earth at different local times than the A-train (e.g., the recently MetOp satellite) would need to be processed in a consistent manner to study diurnal variability, and to capture the effects on air quality of rapidly changing events such as wild fires.
DE: 0305 Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801, 4906)
DE: 0345 Pollution: urban and regional (0305, 0478, 4251)
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting