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Spatial distribution of isoprene emissions from North America derived from formaldehyde column measurements by the OMI satellite sensor
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Space-borne formaldehyde (HCHO) column measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), with 13 à 24 km² nadir footprint and daily global coverage, provide new constraints on the spatial distribution of biogenic isoprene emission from North America.
Description
OMI HCHO columns for June-August 2006 are consistent with measurements from the earlier GOME satellite sensor (1996 - 2001) but OMI is 2 - 14% lower. The spatial distribution of OMI HCHO columns follows that of isoprene emission; anthropogenic hydrocarbon emissions are undetectable except in Houston.
We develop updated relationships between HCHO columns and isoprene emission from a chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem), and use these to infer top-down constraints on isoprene emissions from the OMI data. We compare the OMI-derived emissions to a state-of-science bottom-up isoprene emission inventory (MEGAN) driven by two land cover databases, and use the results to optimize the MEGAN emission factors (EFs) for broadleaf trees (the main isoprene source).
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The OMI-derived isoprene emissions in North America (June - August 2006) with 1° à 1° resolution are spatially consistent with MEGAN (R² = 0.48 - 0.68) but are lower (by 4 - 25% on average). MEGAN overestimates emissions in the Ozarks and the Upper South. A better fit to OMI (R² = 0.73) is obtained in MEGAN by using a uniform isoprene EF from broadleaf trees rather than variable EFs.
Thus MEGAN may overestimate emissions in areas where it specifies particularly high EFs. Within-canopy isoprene oxidation may also lead to significant differences between the effective isoprene emission to the atmosphere seen by OMI and the actual isoprene emission determined by MEGAN.
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