Tropospheric formaldehyde

Introduction

Tropospheric formaldehyde columns are derived from GOME observations based on BIRA-IASB slant column CH2O retrievals with the DOAS technique, and using the IMAGES chemistry-transport model results.

Yearly-mean measurement for the year 1997

Archive of images and data

SCIAMACHY:

 

individual days  |  global monthly mean

 

 

GOME archive:

 

individual days  |  global monthly mean

 

Documentation

• Formaldehyde product specification
• Formaldehyde format description

Background information

• Background information on NO2 and CH2O

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Ronald van der A, last modified: February 2008