1. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) AMFIC 1 st Progress Meeting, 13-14 May 2008, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece Carbon monoxide columns and methane column- averaged mixing ratios retrieved from SCIAMACHY near-infrared nadir spectra M. Buchwitz, Maximilian Reuter, O. Schneising, I. Khlystova, John P. Burrows Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP) / Institute of Remote Sensing (IFE), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

2. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) Outline AMFIC project: Our WPs, tasks & deliverables Status overview Main activities since AMFIC kick-off Carbon monoxide (CO WFMD version 0.6) Methane (CH4 WFMD version 1.0)

3. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) AMFIC project related overview according to DoW From DoW: WP: 2.2 „Infrared retrievals“ – Carbon monoxide and methane columns from SCIAMACHY 9/2007 KO 9/2008 Quality assessment Algorithm improvements Processing Final product generation Delivery WP 3 Validation WP: 2.2 Deliverables: D2.7: CO columns, focus 2003-2004, month 12 (9/2008) D2.8: Methane columns, focus 2003-2004, month 12 (9/2008) D2.9: Final report, month 13 (10/2008) PM1

4. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) AMFIC status Current status: Improved data sets available for 2003-2005: CO WFMDv0.6 (Buchwitz et al., ACP, 2007) Methane WFMDv1.0 (Schneising et al., ACPD (in press), 2008) First validation using ground-based FTS (7 European stations, 2003-2004) (Dils et al., ACVE-3, 2006) Focus ongoing & future activities: Assessment of usefulness for AMFIC project

5. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) AMFIC related activities since kick-off Detailed studies focussing on China (see following slides; ongoing activity) Extraction & delivery of CO at AMFIC validation sites DRAGON rice monitoring sub-project (Dr Thuy Le Toan) informed about availability of AMFIC methane Meeting with Kostas Kourtidis to discuss data sets incl. web display aspects Meeting with Dr Li, State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), Beijing, beginning of April in China SEPA is responsible for entire China Meeting focus: Exchange of general information on satellite data & retrieval SEPA is interested in establishing a Remote Sensing group (own retrievals) and using satellite data for AQ monitoring and improving emission data bases (NO2, CO,...) Methane paper submitted describing the 2003-2005 AMFIC methane data set: Schneising et al., ACPD (in press), 2008

6. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY Carbon Monoxide (CO)

7. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Validation using 7 European ground-based FTS SCIA_CO_WFMDv0.6 SCIA_CO_WFMDv0.5 FTS Dils et al., ACVE-3, 2006 SCIA-FTS20032004 Bias+9.2%+0.5% Scatter+/-20%

8. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Global, Europe & China

9. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Overview China

10. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: China

11. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Individual cities & urban areas in China

12. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Urumqi

13. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Wuhan

14. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY CO: Shenyang

15. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY methane: Yearly average

16. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY methane: China 2003

17. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY methane: China 2004

18. Institut für Umweltphysik (iup) SCIAMACHY methane: Seasonal averages over China compared with TM5 Schneising et al., ACPD (in press), 2008