Trend analysis of greenhouse gases over Europe measured by a network of ground-based remote FTIR instruments
Journal article, 2008
This paper describes the statistical analysis of annual trends in long term datasets of greenhouse gas measurements taken over ten or more years. The analysis technique employs a bootstrap resampling method to determine both the long-term and intra-annual variability of the datasets, together with the uncertainties on the trend values. The method has been applied to data from a European network of ground-based solar FTIR instruments to determine the trends in the tropospheric, stratospheric and total columns of ozone, nitrous oxide, carbon monoxide, methane, ethane and HCFC-22. The suitability of the method has been demonstrated through statistical validation of the technique, and comparison with ground-based in-situ measurements and 3-D atmospheric models.
Author
T. Gardiner
A. Forbes
M. De Maziere
C. Vigouroux
E. Mahieu
P. Demoulin
V. Velazco
J. Notholt
T. Blumenstock
F. Hase
I. Kramer
R. Sussmann
V. Stremme
Johan Mellqvist
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Optical Remote Sensing
Anders Strandberg
Chalmers, Department of Radio and Space Science, Optical Remote Sensing
K. Ellingsen
M. Gauss
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
1680-7316 (ISSN) 1680-7324 (eISSN)
Vol. 8 22 6719-6727Subject Categories
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
DOI
10.5194/acp-8-6719-2008