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Final version of tools for quantification of co-location mismatch and smoothing uncertainties and associated documentation for integration in the virtual observatory

Final version of tools for quantification of co-location mismatch and smoothing uncertainties and associated documentation for integration in the virtual observatory that reflects any subsequent updates arising as a result of a. feedback from WP5 and b. any subsequent finessing in tasks T3.1 and 3.2

Smoothing and co-location uncertainty libraries

GAIA-CLIM is supporting the European Commission’s Copernicus Programme by assessing and improving the fitness-for-purpose of sub-orbital (ground- and balloon-based) reference measurements for the validation of observational data sets from satellites. Amongst others, the project aims at improved traceability and uncertainty characterization of the individual sub-orbital measurement systems, and of the comparison with satellite data.  The latter implies the need for a rigorous treatment of so-called co-location mismatch uncertainties.

Library of (1) smoothing/sampling error estimates for key atmospheric composition measurement systems, and (2) smoothing sampling error estimates for key data comparisons

A final Version 1.1 of the libraries and corresponding document, including the description of NetCDF files for T and q temporal mismatch uncertainties, was produced in October 2017 (after formal submission of the deliverable). These netCDF files complement the MS Excel workbooks already included in the 1st version.