improved orbiting carbon observatory-2 (oco-2) retrievals...

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Vijay Natraj (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

Co-Authors Matthäus Kiel (Caltech)

Aronne Merrelli (University of Wisconsin-Madison/SSEC) James McDuffie (JPL/Caltech) Brendan Fisher (JPL/Caltech)

Chris O’Dell (Colorado State University) David Crisp (JPL/Caltech)

Annmarie Eldering (JPL/Caltech) Dejian Fu (JPL/Caltech)

Debra Wunch (University of Toronto) Paul Wennberg (Caltech)

Lukas Mandrake (JPL/Caltech)

13th International Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space June 6, 2017

Improved Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Retrievals Using a BRDF Model for the

Surface

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Retrieved Albedo Correlated With Scattering Angle

Retrieved albedo correlated with scattering angle => BRDF effects?

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OCO-2 Measurement Geometry

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•  w: overall BRDF amplitude [BRDF weight] •  s: slope of BRDF amplitude [BRDF weight slope] •  λ: wavelength •  λ0: reference wavelength (where parameters are retrieved) •  F: function describing BRDF shape (RPV kernel) •  ρ0: hot spot parameter = 0.05 •  θ: asymmetry parameter = −0.1 •  k: anisotropy parameter = 0.75 •  BRDF kernel reduces to Lambertian kernel for certain choice of BRDF shape

parameters •  w, s retrieved

BRDF Formulation

BRDF(λ) = w+ s(λ −λ0 )[ ]F(ρ0,ϑ ,k)

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RPV Kernel Shape

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•  w and s converted to more physically meaningful quantities, ρw (reflectance) and ρs (reflectance slope)

•  ρw and ρs calculated by evaluating the BRDF kernel model at the primary observation geometry

•  Reflectance factor equals ratio between reflected radiance and that from pure Lambertian surface at the same geometry

•  For no scattering scenario, this is equivalent to a Lambertian albedo

•  Consistency between Lambertian albedo used in B7 and effective albedo used in B8

BRDF Outputs

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Number of Converged Soundings

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Retrieved AOD (Bremen, 9090)

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Retrieved AOD (Caltech, 3052)

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Retrieved XCO2 (Bremen, 9090)

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Retrieved XCO2 (Caltech, 3052)

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Retrieved Albedo (Bremen, 9090)

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Retrieved Albedo (Caltech, 3052)

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Retrieved BRDF Weights (Bremen, 9090)

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Retrieved BRDF Weights (Caltech, 3052)

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•  To-do items from last year implemented ü  Re-baseline with new spectroscopic models ü  How do we compare Lambertian and BRDF results ü  Implement BRDF model in operational code

•  Increased convergence

•  Improved AOD retrievals

•  Reduced scatter in XCO2 retrievals

•  Consistency in albedo values between B7 and B8

•  Strong correlation of albedo with scattering angle

•  Little correlation between BRDF weight and scattering angle

Conclusions

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Backup Slides

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OCO-2 Science Viewing Modes

Nadir Observations: + Small footprint (< 3 km2) - Low Signal/Noise over dark

surfaces (ocean, ice)

Glint Observations: + Improves Signal/Noise over

oceans - More cloud interference

Target Observations: •  Validation over ground

based FTS sites, field campaigns, other targets

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