Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

P Zoogman; J Fishman; X Liu; A Ghulam; R.M Suleiman; G González Abad; W.F Pennington; M Grutter; D.E Flittner; J.R Herman; J.A Al-Saadi; J Houck; B.B Hilton; D.J Jacob; D.K Nicks; J Joiner; M.J Newchurch; B.J Kerridge; J Kim; J.L Carr; S.J Janz; N.A Krotkov; M.R Andraschko; L Lamsal; A Arola; C Li; B.D Baker; A Lindfors; B.P Canova; R.V Martin; C. Chan Miller; C.T McElroy; R.C Cohen; C McLinden; J.E Davis; V Natraj; M.E Dussault; D.O Neil; D.P Edwards; C.R Nowlan; E.J O׳Sullivan; P.I Palmer; R.B Pierce; M.R Pippin; A Saiz-Lopez; R.J.D Spurr; J.J Szykman; O Torres; J.P Veefkind; B Veihelmann; H Wang; J Wang; K Chance

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Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

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Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

P Zoogman, J Fishman, X Liu, A Ghulam, R.M Suleiman, G González Abad, W.F Pennington, M Grutter, D.E Flittner, J.R Herman, …

Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, Vol.186, pp.17-39

01/2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.05.008

PMID: 32817995

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Abstract

TEMPO was selected in 2012 by NASA as the first Earth Venture Instrument, for launch between 2018 and 2021. It will measure atmospheric pollution for greater North America from space using ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy. TEMPO observes from Mexico City, Cuba, and the Bahamas to the Canadian oil sands, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, hourly and at high spatial resolution (~2.1km N/S×4.4km E/W at 36.5°N, 100°W). TEMPO provides a tropospheric measurement suite that includes the key elements of tropospheric air pollution chemistry, as well as contributing to carbon cycle knowledge. Measurements are made hourly from geostationary (GEO) orbit, to capture the high variability present in the diurnal cycle of emissions and chemistry that are unobservable from current low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that measure once per day. The small product spatial footprint resolves pollution sources at sub-urban scale. Together, this temporal and spatial resolution improves emission inventories, monitors population exposure, and enables effective emission-control strategies. TEMPO takes advantage of a commercial GEO host spacecraft to provide a modest cost mission that measures the spectra required to retrieve ozone (O3), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), formaldehyde (H2CO), glyoxal (C2H2O2), bromine monoxide (BrO), IO (iodine monoxide), water vapor, aerosols, cloud parameters, ultraviolet radiation, and foliage properties. TEMPO thus measures the major elements, directly or by proxy, in the tropospheric O3 chemistry cycle. Multi-spectral observations provide sensitivity to O3 in the lowermost troposphere, substantially reducing uncertainty in air quality predictions. TEMPO quantifies and tracks the evolution of aerosol loading. It provides these near-real-time air quality products that will be made publicly available. TEMPO will launch at a prime time to be the North American component of the global geostationary constellation of pollution monitoring together with the European Sentinel-4 (S4) and Korean Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) instruments. •TEMPO is under development to collect geostationary air quality measurements.•TEMPO will measure every hour during daylight over greater North America.•TEMPO will have the spatial resolution to measure sub-urban variability.•The mission’s primary data products include tropospheric ozone and related species.•TEMPO’s time-resolved observations form a revolutionary data set for air quality.

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Title: Subtitle: Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)
Creators: P Zoogman - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
J Fishman - Saint Louis University, USA
X Liu - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
A Ghulam - Saint Louis University, USA
R.M Suleiman - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
G González Abad - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
W.F Pennington - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
M Grutter - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
D.E Flittner - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
J.R Herman - University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
J.A Al-Saadi - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
J Houck - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
B.B Hilton - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
D.J Jacob - Harvard University, USA
D.K Nicks - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, USA
J Joiner - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
M.J Newchurch - University of Alabama at Huntsville, USA
B.J Kerridge - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
J Kim - Yonsei University, South Korea
J.L Carr - Carr Astronautics, USA
S.J Janz - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
N.A Krotkov - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
M.R Andraschko - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
L Lamsal - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
A Arola - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
C Li - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
B.D Baker - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, USA
A Lindfors - Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
B.P Canova - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, USA
R.V Martin - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
C. Chan Miller - Harvard University, USA
C.T McElroy - York University, Canada
R.C Cohen - University of California at Berkeley, USA
C McLinden - Environment and Climate Change Canada
J.E Davis - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
V Natraj - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
M.E Dussault - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
D.O Neil - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
D.P Edwards - National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
C.R Nowlan - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
E.J O׳Sullivan - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
P.I Palmer - University of Edinburgh, UK
R.B Pierce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
M.R Pippin - NASA Langley Research Center, USA
A Saiz-Lopez - Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, CSIC, Spain
R.J.D Spurr - RT Solutions, Inc., USA
J.J Szykman - Environmental Protection Agency, USA
O Torres - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
J.P Veefkind - Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, Netherlands
B Veihelmann - European Space Agency, France
H Wang - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
J Wang - University of Nebraska, USA
K Chance - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of quantitative spectroscopy & radiative transfer, Vol.186, pp.17-39
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.05.008
PMID: 32817995
NLM abbreviation: J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Transf
ISSN: 0022-4073
eISSN: 1879-1352
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Language: English
Date published: 01/2017
Academic Unit: Civil and Environmental Engineering; Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984104812102771

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