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The following publications relate to the OCO and OCO-3 mission. Publications are authored by either a member or an affiliate of the OCO Science or OCO-3 Instrument Teams, or have referenced the mission, instrument, or science. To obtain more information about a paper, please email our Science Team Lead, Junjie Liu.

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2008
Hasekamp, O.P., and A. Butz
Efficient calculation of intensity and polarization spectra in vertically inhomogeneous scattering and absorbing atmospheres J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20, D20309
Alkhaled, A.A., A. M. Michalak, S. R. Kawa, S. C. Olsen, and J.-W. Wang
A global evaluation of the regional spatial variability of column integrated CO2 distributions J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20, D20303
Bai, Y., J. Bajaj, J. W. Beletic, M. C. Farris, A. Joshi, S. Lauxtermann, A. Petersen, and G. Williams
Teledyne Imaging Sensors: silicon CMOS imaging technologies for x-ray, UV, visible, and near infrared High Energy, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy III, 113
Connor, B.J., H. Boesch, G. Toon, B. Sen, C. Miller, and D. Crisp
Orbiting Carbon Observatory: Inverse method and prospective error analysis J. Geophys. Res., 113, D5
Crisp, D.
NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory: measuring the column averaged carbon dioxide mole fraction from space J. Appl. Remote Sens, 2, 1
Rivera, J.G., J. I. Rodriguez, and D. L. Johnson
Development of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory Instrument Thermal Control System SAE Int. J. Aerosp., 1, 1, 2008-01-2065
2007
Sakuma, F.
New development of 1.6 μm InGaAs radiometer for preflight cross-calibration measurement 2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 4136-4139
Spurr, R., and M. Christi
Linearization of the interaction principle: Analytic Jacobians in the “Radiant” model Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 103, 3
Natraj, V., R. J. Spurr, H. Boesch, Y. Jiang, and Y. L. Yung
Evaluation of errors from neglecting polarization in the forward modeling of O2 A band measurements from space, with relevance to CO2 column retrieval from polarization-sensitive instruments Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 103, 2
Natraj, V., and R. J. Spurr
A fast linearized pseudo-spherical two orders of scattering model to account for polarization in vertically inhomogeneous scattering–absorbing media Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 107, 2
Toth, R., C. Miller, L. Brown, V. M. Devi, and D. C. Benner
Line positions and strengths of 16O12C18O, 18O12C18O and 17O12C18O between 2200 and 7000cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 243, 1
Yang, Z., R. A. Washenfelder, G. Keppel-Aleks, N. Y. Krakauer, J. T. Randerson, P. P. Tans, C. Sweeney, and P. O. Wennberg
New constraints on Northern Hemisphere growing season net flux Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, 12, L12807
Chevallier, F., F.-M. Bréon, and P. J. Rayner
Contribution of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory to the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks: Theoretical study in a variational data assimilation framework J. Geophys. Res., 112, D9, D09307
Chevallier, F.
Impact of correlated observation errors on inverted CO2 surface fluxes from OCO measurements Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, 24, L24804
Devi, V.M., D. C. Benner, L. Brown, C. Miller, and R. Toth
Line mixing and speed dependence in CO2 at 6227.9cm−1: Constrained multispectrum analysis of intensities and line shapes in the 30013←00001 band Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 245, 1
Malathy Devi, V., D. C. Benner, L. Brown, C. Miller, and R. Toth
Line mixing and speed dependence in CO2 at 6348cm−1: Positions, intensities, and air- and self-broadening derived with constrained multispectrum analysis Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 242, 2
Miller, C.E., D. Crisp, P. L. DeCola, S. C. Olsen, J. T. Randerson, A. M. Michalak, A. Alkhaled, P. Rayner, D. J. Jacob, P. Suntharalingam, D. B. Jones, A. S. Denning, M. E. Nicholls, S. C. Doney, S. Pawson, H. Boesch, B. J. Connor, I. Y. Fung, D. O'Brien, R. J. Salawitch, S. P. Sander, B. Sen, P. Tans, G. C. Toon, P. O. Wennberg, S. C. Wofsy, Y. L. Yung, and R. M. Law
Precision requirements for space-based data J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10
Aben, I., O. Hasekamp, and W. Hartmann
Uncertainties in the space-based measurements of CO2 columns due to scattering in the Earth's atmosphere Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 104, 3
2006
Toth, R., L. Brown, C. Miller, V. M. Devi, and D. C. Benner
Line strengths of 12C16O2: 4550–7000cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 239, 2
Toth, R., L. Brown, C. Miller, V. M. Devi, and D. C. Benner
Self-broadened widths and shifts of 12C16O2: 4750–7000cm−1 Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 239, 2
Washenfelder, R.A., G. C. Toon, J.-F. Blavier, Z. Yang, N. T. Allen, P. O. Wennberg, S. A. Vay, D. M. Matross, and B. C. Daube
Carbon dioxide column abundances at the Wisconsin Tall Tower site J. Geophys. Res., 111, D22, D22305
Lin, J.C., C. Gerbig, S. C. Wofsy, B. C. Daube, D. M. Matross, V. Y. Chow, E. Gottlieb, A. E. Andrews, M. Pathmathevan, and J. W. Munger
What have we learned from intensive atmospheric sampling field programmes of CO2? Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 58, 5
Palmer, P.I., P. Suntharalingam, D. B. Jones, D. J. Jacob, D. G. Streets, Q. Fu, S. A. Vay, and G. W. Sachse
Using CO2:CO correlations to improve inverse analyses of carbon fluxes J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12, D12318
Shia, R.-L., M.-C. Liang, C. E. Miller, and Y. L. Yung
CO2 in the upper troposphere: Influence of stratosphere-troposphere exchange Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, 14, L14814
Spurr, R.J.
VLIDORT: A linearized pseudo-spherical vector discrete ordinate radiative transfer code for forward model and retrieval studies in multilayer multiple scattering media Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 102, 2
Baker, D.F., S. C. Doney, and D. S. Schimel
Variational data assimilation for atmospheric CO2 Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 58, 5
Bennartz, R., and R. Preusker
Representation of the photon pathlength distribution in a cloudy atmosphere using finite elements Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 98, 2
Bösch, H., G. C. Toon, B. Sen, R. A. Washenfelder, P. O. Wennberg, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, J. P. Burrows, D. Crisp, M. Christi, B. J. Connor, V. Natraj, and Y. L. Yung
Space-based near-infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations over Park Falls, Wisconsin J. Geophys. Res., 111, D23
Corbin, K.D., and A. S. Denning
Using continuous data to estimate clear-sky errors in inversions of satellite CO2 measurements Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, 12, L12810
2005
Natraj, V., X. Jiang, R.-L. Shia, X. Huang, J. S. Margolis, and Y. L. Yung
Application of principal component analysis to high spectral resolution radiative transfer: A case study of the band Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 95, 4
Suntharalingam, P., J. T. Randerson, N. Krakauer, J. A. Logan, and D. J. Jacob
Influence of reduced carbon emissions and oxidation on the distribution of atmospheric CO2: Implications for inversion analyses Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 19, 4
Warneke, T.
Seasonal and latitudinal variations of column averaged volume-mixing ratios of atmospheric CO2 Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, 3, L03808
Yang, Z., P. Wennberg, R. Cageao, T. Pongetti, G. Toon, and S. Sander
Ground-based photon path measurements from solar absorption spectra of the O2 A-band Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 90, 3-4
Buehler, S., P. Eriksson, T. Kuhn, A. von Engeln, and C. Verdes
ARTS, the atmospheric radiative transfer simulator Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 91, 1
Crisp, D., and C. Johnson
The orbiting carbon observatory mission Acta Astronautica, 56, 1-2
Fung, I.Y., S. C. Doney, K. Lindsay, and J. John
Evolution of carbon sinks in a changing climate Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 32
Miller, C.E., L. R. Brown, R. A. Toth, D. C. Benner, and V. M. Devi
Spectroscopic challenges for high accuracy retrievals of atmospheric CO2 and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) experiment Comptes Rendus Physique, 6, 8
Bréon, F.M., D. M. O'Brien, and J. D. Spinhirne
Scattering layer statistics from space borne GLAS observations Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, 22
2004
Suntharalingam, P.
Improved quantification of Chinese carbon fluxes using CO2/CO correlations in Asian outflow J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18, D18S18
van der Werf, G.R.
Continental-Scale Partitioning of Fire Emissions During the 1997 to 2001 El Nino/La Nina Period Science, 303, 5654
Houweling, S., F.-M. Bréon, I. Aben, C. Rödenbeck, M. Gloor, M. Heimann, and P. Ciais
Inverse modeling of CO2 sources and sinks using satellite data: a synthetic inter-comparison of measurement techniques and their performance as a function of space and time Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4, 2
Lin, J.C.
Measuring fluxes of trace gases at regional scales by Lagrangian observations: Application to the CO2 Budget and Rectification Airborne (COBRA) study J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15, D15304
Mao, J., and S. R. Kawa
Sensitivity studies for space-based measurement of atmospheric total column carbon dioxide by reflected sunlight Appl. Opt., 43, 4
Matsumoto, K., J. L. Sarmiento, R. M. Key, O. Aumont, J. L. Bullister, K. Caldeira, J.-M. Campin, S. C. Doney, H. Drange, J.-C. Dutay, M. Follows, Y. Gao, A. Gnanadesikan, N. Gruber, A. Ishida, F. Joos, K. Lindsay, E. Maier-Reimer, J. C. Marshall, R. J. Matear, P. Monfray, A. Mouchet, R. Najjar, G.-K. Plattner, R. Schlitzer, R. Slater, P. S. Swathi, I. J. Totterdell, M.-F. Weirig, Y. Yamanaka, A. Yool, and J. C. Orr
Evaluation of ocean carbon cycle models with data-based metrics Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 7
Crisp, D., R. Atlas, F.-M. Bréon, L. Brown, J. Burrows, P. Ciais, B. Connor, S. Doney, I. Fung, D. Jacob, C. Miller, D. O'Brien, S. Pawson, J. Randerson, P. Rayner, R. Salawitch, S. Sander, B. Sen, G. Stephens, P. Tans, G. Toon, P. Wennberg, S. Wofsy, Y. Yung, Z. Kuang, B. Chudasama, G. Sprague, B. Weiss, R. Pollock, D. Kenyon, and S. Schroll
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission Advances in Space Research, 34, 4
Dufour, E.
CO2 column averaged mixing ratio from inversion of ground-based solar spectra J. Geophys. Res., 109, D9, D09304
Geels, C., S. C. Doney, R. Dargaville, J. Brandt, and J. H. Christensen
Investigating the sources of synoptic variability in atmospheric CO2 measurements over the Northern Hemisphere continents: a regional model study Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 56, 1
Knutson, T.R., and R. E. Tuleya
Impact of CO2-Induced Warming on Simulated Hurricane Intensity and Precipitation: Sensitivity to the Choice of Climate Model and Convective Parameterization J. Climate, 17, 18
Aalto, T., P. Ciais, A. Chevillard, and C. Moulin
Optimal determination of the parameters controlling biospheric CO2 fluxes over Europe using eddy covariance fluxes and satellite NDVI measurements Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 56, 2
Angert, A., S. Biraud, C. Bonfils, W. Buermann, and I. Fung
CO2 seasonality indicates origins of post-Pinatubo sink Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 11
Bakwin, P.S., K. J. Davis, C. Yi, S. C. Wofsy, J. W. Munger, L. Haszpra, and Z. Barcza
Regional carbon dioxide fluxes from mixing ratio data Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 56, 4
Christi, M.J., and G. L. Stephens
Retrieving profiles of atmospheric CO2 in clear sky and in the presence of thin cloud using spectroscopy from the near and thermal infrared: A preliminary case study J. Geophys. Res., 109, D4
2003
Rodgers, C.D., and B. J. Connor
Intercomparison of remote sounding instruments J. Geophys. Res., 108, D3
2002
Chou, W.W.
Net fluxes of CO2 in Amazonia derived from aircraft observations J. Geophys. Res., 107, D22, 4614
Kuang, Z., J. Margolis, G. Toon, D. Crisp, and Y. Yung
Spaceborne measurements of atmospheric CO2 by high-resolution NIR spectrometry of reflected sunlight: An introductory study Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 15
Peylin, P.
Influence of transport uncertainty on annual mean and seasonal inversions of atmospheric CO2 data J. Geophys. Res., 107, D19, 4385
Rayner, P.J., R. M. Law, D. M. O'Brien, T. M. Butler, and A. C. Dilley
Global observations of the carbon budget 3. Initial assessment of the impact of satellite orbit, scan geometry, and cloud on measuring CO2 from space J. Geophys. Res., 107, D21
Yang, Z., G. C. Toon, J. S. Margolis, and P. O. Wennberg
Atmospheric CO2 retrieved from ground-based near IR solar spectra Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 9
O'Brien, D.M.
Global observations of the carbon budget, 2, CO2 column from differential absorption of reflected sunlight in the 1.61 μm band of CO2 J. Geophys. Res., 107, D18, 4354
2001
Spurr, R., T. Kurosu, and K. Chance
A linearized discrete ordinate radiative transfer model for atmospheric remote-sensing retrieval Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 68, 6
Tolton, B.T., and D. Plouffe
Sensitivity of radiometric measurements of the atmospheric CO_2 column from space Appl. Opt., 40, 9
Rayner, P.J., and D. M. O'Brien
The utility of remotely sensed CO2 concentration data in surface source inversions Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1
2000
Stephens, G.L., and A. Heidinger
Molecular Line Absorption in a Scattering Atmosphere. Part I: Theory J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 10
Bousquet, P.
Regional Changes in Carbon Dioxide Fluxes of Land and Oceans Since 1980 Science, 290, 5495
Canadell, J.G., H. A. Mooney, D. D. Baldocchi, J. A. Berry, J. R. Ehleringer, C. B. Field, S. T. Gower, D. Y. Hollinger, J. E. Hunt, R. B. Jackson, S. W. Running, G. R. Shaver, W. Steffen, S. E. Trumbore, R. Valentini, and B. Y. Bond
Commentary: Carbon Metabolism of the Terrestrial Biosphere: A Multitechnique Approach for Improved Understanding Ecosystems, 3, 2
Heidinger, A.K., and G. L. Stephens
Molecular Line Absorption in a Scattering Atmosphere. Part II: Application to Remote Sensing in the O2A band J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 10
1998
O'Brien, D.M., R. M. Mitchell, S. A. English, and G. A. Da Costa
Airborne Measurements of Air Mass from O2A-Band Absorption Spectra J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 15, 6
1989
Goody, R., R. West, L. Chen, and D. Crisp
The correlated-k method for radiation calculations in nonhomogeneous atmospheres Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 42, 6
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