Page 1 1 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting March 22, 2006 Vijay Natraj (Caltech), Hartmut Bösch (JPL), Yuk Yung (Caltech) A Two Orders of Scattering Approach to Account for Polarization in the OCO RT Model

Page 2 2 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Importance of Polarization Polarization is a result of scattering. The Earth’s atmosphere contains molecules, aerosols and clouds, all of which contribute to scattering. Surfaces can also polarize, in some cases significantly (e.g., ocean). Polarization depends on solar and viewing angles and will therefore introduce spatial biases in X CO2 if unaccounted for. The OCO instrument measures only one component of polarization.

Page 3 3 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Polarization in the O 2 A Band continuum line core gas absorption od ~ 1 SZA = 10° (solid); 40° (dotted); 70° (dashed)

Page 4 4 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Proposed Solution: Two Orders of Scattering Approximation Full multiple-scattering vector ARTM codes (e.g. VLIDORT) are too slow to meet large-scale OCO processing requirements. Scalar computation causes two kinds of errors. –polarized component of the Stokes vector is neglected. –correction to intensity due to polarization is neglected. Major contribution to polarization comes from first few orders of scattering (multiple scattering is depolarizing). Single scattering does not account for the correction to intensity due to polarization.

Page 5 5 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Polarization Approximation Overview X CO2 retrievals will only be applied to optically thin scattering (τ<0.3). Intensity will still be calculated with full multiple scattering scalar model. S = I sca +I cor -Q 2 Fast correction to standard scalar code Exact through second order Simple model, easily implemented Supports analytic Jacobians

Page 6 6 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Scenarios for Testing Proposed Method SZA: 10°, 40°, 70° VZA: 0° (OCO nadir mode), 35°, 70° Azimuth: 0° (OCO nadir mode), 45°, 90°, 135°, 180° Surface Albedo: 0.01, 0.1, 0.3 Aerosol OD: 0 (Rayleigh), 0.01, 0.1 Dusty continental aerosol (Kahn et al., JGR 106(D16), pp , 2001) 45 geometries 9 scenarios

Page 7 7 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Forward Model Radiance Errors: O 2 A Band Asterisks refer to different geometries; The red triangles refer to OCO nadir viewing geometry. RayleighAerosol OD = 0.01Aerosol OD = 0.1 Increasing Surface Albedo

Page 8 8 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Forward Model Radiance Errors: 1.61 µm CO 2 Band Asterisks refer to different geometries; The red triangles refer to OCO nadir viewing geometry. RayleighAerosol OD = 0.01Aerosol OD = 0.1 Increasing Surface Albedo

Page 9 9 of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Forward Model Radiance Errors: 2.06 µm CO 2 Band Asterisks refer to different geometries; The red triangles refer to OCO nadir viewing geometry. RayleighAerosol OD = 0.01Aerosol OD = 0.1 Increasing Surface Albedo

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Best Case Scenario (O 2 A Band) SZA = 10°; VZA = 0°; Azimuth = 0°; Surface Albedo = 0.3; No Aerosol

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Best Case Scenario (1.61 µm CO 2 Band) SZA = 10°; VZA = 0°; Azimuth = 0°; Surface Albedo = 0.3; No Aerosol

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Best Case Scenario (2.06 µm CO 2 Band) SZA = 10°; VZA = 0°; Azimuth = 0°; Surface Albedo = 0.3; No Aerosol

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Worst-Case Scenario (O 2 A Band) SZA = 70°; VZA = 70°; Azimuth = 90°; Surface Albedo =0.01; Aerosol OD = 0.1

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Worst-Case Scenario (1.61 µm CO 2 Band) SZA = 70°; VZA = 70°; Azimuth = 90°; Surface Albedo =0.01; Aerosol OD = 0.1

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Residuals: Worst-Case Scenario (2.06 µm CO 2 Band) SZA = 70°; VZA = 70°; Azimuth = 90°; Surface Albedo =0.01; Aerosol OD = 0.1

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Timing Results: No Aerosol O 2 A Band1.61 µm CO 2 Band2.06 µm CO 2 Band Vector51609 s22724 s17686 s Scalar1434 s627 s509 s Onescat4 s2 s1.5 s Twoscat1960 s856 s656 s 16 half-space streams for Gaussian quadrature

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Timing Results: Aerosol Present O 2 A Band1.61 µm CO 2 Band2.06 µm CO 2 Band Vector s s s Scalar7781 s3545 s2438 s Onescat102 s23 s15 s Twoscat4234 s1678 s1072 s 2 scat approx. adds only 50% to scalar calculation (for simulating 45 geometries). For OCO retrievals, overhead is expected to be around 10%.

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Linear Error Analysis G001_A001G001_A01G01_A001G01_A01G03_A001G03_A01 Noise (ppm) Smoothing (ppm) Polarization (ppm) scenarios considered –Surface Albedo: 0.01, 0.1, 0.3 –Aerosol OD: 0.01, 0.1 SZA = 45°; VZA = 0°; Azimuth = 0° (OCO Nadir Mode) 8 half-space streams, 11 layers Number of spectral points: 8307 (O2 A band), 3334 (CO2 bands)

Page of 19, OCO STM 2006 OCO Science Team Meeting Summary Ignoring polarization could lead to significant (as high as 10 ppm) errors in X CO2 retrievals. A two orders of scattering approach to account for the polarization works very well, giving X CO2 errors that are much smaller than other biases. The approach is two orders of magnitude faster than a full vector calculation. The additional overhead is in the range of 10% of the scalar computation. More tests need to be done to test the effect of the approximation for glint viewing over ocean.