HR: 14:55h
AN: A53H-06    [Abstracts]
TI: A-Train Tropospheric Chemistry Observations on 30 August 2006 over the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS Study Area
AU: Salemi, A
EM: antsale1@umbc.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001, United States
AU: * McMillan, W W
EM: mcmillan@umbc.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001, United States
AU: Osterman, G
EM: gregory.osterman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Barnet, C
EM: chris.barnet@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR E/RA1, 5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AU: Evans, K
EM: evans@umbc.edu
AF: Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, UMBC, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
AU: Hoff, R
EM: hoff@umbc.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001, United States
AU: Hoff, R
EM: hoff@umbc.edu
AF: Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, UMBC, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
AU: Irion, F W
EM: bill.irion@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Livesey, N
EM: livesey@mls.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States
AU: Pickering, K
EM: pickerin@gator1.gsfc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Branch, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Sparling, L
EM: sparling@umbc.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001, United States
AU: Wicks, D
EM: dwicks1=@umbc.edu
AF: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250-0001, United States
AU: Wolf, W
EM: walter.wolf@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA/NESDIS/STAR E/RA1, 5200 Auth Road, Camp Springs, MD 20746, United States
AU: Yurganov, L
EM: yurganov@umbc.edu
AF: Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, UMBC, Department of Physics, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, United States
AB: During the 2006 Texas Air Quality Study (TexAQS)/Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (GoMACCS), AIRS and TES Science Team members provided flight planning support for NASA and NOAA aircraft, large scale context for NOAA, EPA, and State of Texas surface measurements, and contributions to post-mission modeling analyses and the Rapid Science Synthesis (RSS) Report. We present results from our ongoing integrated analysis using a number of A-Train observations to investigate tropospheric chemistry and dynamics over the 2006 TexAQS/GoMACCS study area (Texas, surrounding states, the Gulf of Mexico, and bordering countries). Focusing on one pollution event over Houston, Texas on August 30-Sept 1, AIRS and TES retrievals of tropospheric CO indicate distant biomass burning contributed to poor air quality in Houston. Closer examination of AIRS and TES tropospheric ozone retrievals reveals additional features due to surface pollution, lightning, and stratospheric intrusions. As part of the integrated analysis, AIRS" wide swath provides context for TES" higher vertical resolution retrievals of CO and O3. Integrating MODIS, OMI, MLS, CALIPSO observations and in situ measurements into our analysis yields a more complete and complementary view of tropospheric processes.
DE: 0322 Constituent sources and sinks
DE: 0365 Troposphere: composition and chemistry
DE: 0368 Troposphere: constituent transport and chemistry
DE: 0394 Instruments and techniques
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting