Deutscher, Nicholas

Overview

Hi! I am an atmospheric scientist interested in a range of topics related to measuring, modelling, and understanding the evolution of Earth's atmosphere.

My primary work focus is and has been on measuring and modelling atmospheric greenhouse gases, and developing and improving techniques.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2012	A Fourier transform infrared trace gas and isotope analyser for atmospheric applications Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Global CO(2) fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO(2) total column Published in Geophysical Research Letters
2010	Total column CO2 measurements at Darwin, Australia - site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Train-borne measurements of tropical methane enhancements from ephemeral wetlands in Australia Published in Journal of Geophysical Research

Research Areas

Geographic Focus

Asia/Oceania Geographic Region
Global Geographic Region
Southern Hemisphere Geographic Region

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	An 11-year record of XCO2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm Published In Earth System Science Data
2022	Australian Fire Emissions of Carbon Monoxide Estimated by Global Biomass Burning Inventories: Variability and Observational Constraints Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2022	Emulation of greenhouse-gas sensitivities using variational autoencoders Published In ENVIRONMETRICS
2022	Improved calibration procedures for the EM27/SUN spectrometers of the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON) Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 2015-2019, based on assimilation of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2022	Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere Published In Elementa
2022	Nitrous Oxide Profiling from Infrared Radiances (NOPIR): Algorithm Description, Application to 10 Years of IASI Observations and Quality Assessment Published In Remote Sensing
2022	On the consistency of methane retrievals using the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) and multiple spectroscopic databases Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Retrieval of greenhouse gases from GOSAT and GOSAT-2 using the FOCAL algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Synergetic use of IASI profile and TROPOMI total-column level 2 methane retrieval products Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	2019–20 Australian bushfires and anomalies in carbon monoxide surface and column measurements Published In Atmosphere
2021	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: Using GOSAT XCH4 data with weak-constraint four-dimensional variational data assimilation Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2021	Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: Improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Performance of an open-path near-infrared measurement system for measurements of CO2 and CH4 during extended field trials Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Shallow water monitoring technologies and trials at the CarbonNet Pelican CO2 storage site
2021	The Adaptable 4A Inversion (5AI): Description and first XCO2 retrievals from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	The Carbon Cycle of Southeast Australia During 2019-2020: Drought, Fires, and Subsequent Recovery Published In AGU ADVANCES
2021	Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Was Australia a sink or source of CO2in 2015? Data assimilation using OCO-2 satellite measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2021	XCO2 retrieval for GOSAT and GOSAT-2 based on the FOCAL algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH4 observations Published In Earth System Science Data
2020	Bias Correction of the Ratio of Total Column CH4 to CO2 Retrieved from GOSAT Spectra Published In Remote Sensing
2020	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: impact of model resolution in versions v9-02 of GEOS-Chem and v35j of its adjoint model Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2020	Ensemble-based satellite-derived carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged dry-air mole fraction data sets (2003–2018) for carbon and climate applications Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	Improved Constraints on Northern Extratropical CO2 Fluxes Obtained by Combining Surface-Based and Space-Based Atmospheric CO2 Measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020	Spectral sizing of a coarse-spectral-resolution satellite sensor for XCO2 Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	Toward High Precision XCO2 Retrievals From TanSat Observations: Retrieval Improvement and Validation Against TCCON Measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020	Validation of Carbon Trace Gas Profile Retrievals from the NOAA-Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System for the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Published In Remote Sensing
2020	Validation of XCO2 and XCH4 retrieved from a portable Fourier transform spectrometer with those from in situ profiles from aircraft-borne instruments Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	A scientific algorithm to simultaneously retrieve carbon monoxide and methane from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	An intercomparison of total column-averaged nitrous oxide between ground-based FTIR TCCON and NDACC measurements at seven sites and comparisons with the GEOS-Chem model Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Bayesian atmospheric tomography for detection and quantification of methane emissions: Application to data from the 2015 Ginninderra release experiment Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Building the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON): Long-term stability and ensemble performance of the EM27/SUN Fourier transform spectrometer Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Emissions of methane in Europe inferred by total column measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2019	Evaluation and Analysis of the Seasonal Cycle and Variability of the Trend from GOSAT Methane Retrievals Published In Remote Sensing
2019	Evaluation of Bias Correction Methods for GOSAT SWIR XH2O Using TCCON data Published In Remote Sensing
2019	Evaluation of MOPITT Version 7 joint TIR-NIR XCO retrievals with TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Satellite and ground-based measurements of XCO2 in a remote semiarid region of Australia Published In Earth System Science Data
2019	Simultaneous shipborne measurements of CO2, CH4 and CO and their application to improving greenhouse-gas flux estimates in Australia Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2018	The Ginninderra CH4 and CO2 release experiment: An evaluation of gas detection and quantification techniques Published In International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
2017	Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X_CO2 measurements with TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2017	Consistent regional fluxes of CH4 and CO2 inferred from GOSAT proxy XCH4:XCO2 retrievals, 2010-2014 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	Contributions of the troposphere and stratosphere to CH4 model biases Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	EOF-based regression algorithm for the fast retrieval of atmospheric CO2 total column amount from the GOSAT observations Published In Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2017	Global land mapping of satellite-observed CO2 total columns using spatio-temporal geostatistics Published In International Journal of Digital Earth: a new journal for a new vision
2017	Global satellite observations of column-averaged carbon dioxide and methane: The GHG-CCI XCO2 and XCH4 CRDP3 data set Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2017	Improved method for linear carbon monoxide simulation and source attribution in atmospheric chemistry models illustrated using GEOS-Chem v9 Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2017	Study of the footprints of short-term variation in XCO₂ observed by TCCON sites using NIES and FLEXPART atmospheric transport models Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	TCCON Philippines: First Measurement Results, Satellite Data and Model Comparisons in Southeast Asia Published In Remote Sensing
2017	The Total Carbon Column Observing Network site description for Lauder, New Zealand Published In Earth System Science Data
2017	The arctic seasonal cycle of total column CO2 and CH4 from ground-based solar and lunar FTIR absorption spectrometry Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2017	Total Carbon Column Observing Network Philippines: toward quantifying atmospheric carbon in Southeast Asia Published In Climate, Disaster and Development Journal
2017	Validation of GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 Retrieved by PPDF-S Method and Comparison with Full Physics Method Published In SOLA : Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere
2016	Ability of the 4-D-Var analysis of the GOSAT BESD XCO2 retrievals to characterize atmospheric CO2 at large and synoptic scales Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Bias corrections of GOSAT SWIR XCO₂ and XCH₄ with TCCON data and their evaluation using aircraft measurement data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Comparison of XH2O Retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra with observations from the TCCON network Published In Remote Sensing
2016	Consistent evaluation of ACOS-GOSAT, BESD-SCIAMACHY, CarbonTracker, and MACC through comparisons to TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Correction: Dupuy, E., et al. Comparison of XH2O retrieved from gosat short-wavelength infrared spectra with observations from the tccon network. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 414 Published In Remote Sensing
2016	Estimates of European uptake of CO2 inferred from GOSAT XCO2 retrievals: sensitivity to measurement bias inside and outside Europe Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Evaluation of column-averaged methane in models and TCCON with a focus on the stratosphere Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Improving atmospheric CO₂ retrievals using line mixing and speed-dependence when fitting high-resolution ground-based solar spectra Published In Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
2016	Retrieval of xCO₂ from ground-based mid-infrared (NDACC) solar absorption spectra and comparison to TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Seasonal variability of stratospheric methane: implications for constraining tropospheric methane budgets using total column observations Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Source and meteorological influences on air quality (CO, CH4 & CO2) at a Southern Hemisphere urban site Published In Atmospheric Environment
2016	Towards understanding the variability in biospheric CO2 fluxes: using FTIR spectrometry and a chemical transport model to investigate the sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide and its link to CO2 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Consistent satellite XCO2 retrievals from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT using the BESD algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide? Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Elevated uptake of CO2 over Europe inferred from GOSAT XCO2 retrievals: a real phenomenon or an artefact of the analysis? Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Moist processes during MJO events as diagnosed from water isotopic measurements from the IASI satellite Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2015	Positive trends in Southern Hemisphere carbonyl sulfide Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2015	The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): comparison and quality assessment of near-surface-sensitive satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 global data sets Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2015	The imprint of stratospheric transport on column-averaged methane Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
2015	Using XCO2 retrievals for assessing the long-term consistency of NDACC/FTIR data sets Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Validation of SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements using the TCCON and NDACC-MUSICA networks Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Derivation of tropospheric methane from TCCON CH4and HF total column observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Forecasting global atmospheric CO2 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Inferring regional sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2 from GOSAT XCO2 data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Multistation intercomparison of column-averaged methane from NDACC and TCCON: impact of dynamical variability Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Retrieval of tropospheric column-averaged CH4 mole fraction by solar absorption FTIR-spectrometry using N2O as a proxy Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Satellite-inferred European carbon sink larger than expected Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): comparative validation of GHG-CCI SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS/GOSAT CO2 and CH4 retrieval algorithm products with measurements from the TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO2 and CH4 Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Tropospheric CH4 signals as observed by NDACC FTIR at globally distributed sites and comparison to GAW surface in situ measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space. Part 2: Algorithm intercomparison in the GOSAT data processing for CO2 retrievals over TCCON sites Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2013	Evaluation of seasonal atmosphere-biosphere exchange estimations with TCCON measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2013	First intercalibration of column-averaged methane from the Total Carbon Column Observing Network and the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	HDO/H2O ratio retrievals from GOSAT Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Impact of aerosol and thin cirrus on retrieving and validating XCO2 from GOSAT shortwave infrared measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2013	Improved water vapour spectroscopy in the 4174-4300 cm(-1) region and its impact on SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Simulations of column-averaged CO2 and CH4 using the NIES TM with a hybrid sigma-isentropic (σ-θ) vertical coordinate Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2013	Simultaneous retrieval of atmospheric CO2 and light path modification from space-based spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases: Methodology and application to GOSAT measurements over TCCON sites Published In Applied Optics
2013	The covariation of Northern Hemisphere summertime CO2 with surface temperature in boreal regions Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	A Fourier transform infrared trace gas and isotope analyser for atmospheric applications Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Atmospheric carbon dioxide retrieved from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT): Comparison with ground-based TCCON observations and GEOS-Chem model calculations Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	Automated ground-based remote sensing measurements of greenhouse gases at the Bialystok site in comparison with collocated in situ measurements and model data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	CH4, CO, and H2O spectroscopy for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission: an assessment with the Total Carbon Column Observing Network measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space: Validation of PPDF-based CO 2 retrievals from GOSAT Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Ground-based remote sensing of tropospheric water vapour isotopologues within the project MUSICA Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Ground-based remote sensing of tropospheric water vapour isotopologues within the project MUSICA Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Methane retrievals from Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) shortwave infrared measurements: Performance comparison of proxy and physics retrieval algorithms Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	On the potential of the 2041-2047nm spectral region for remote sensing of atmospheric CO2isotopologues Published In Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2012	Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. comparison between models and observations Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Satellite evidence for a large source of formic acid from boreal and tropical forests Published In Nature Geoscience
2012	Sciamachy WFM-DOAS XCO2: Reduction of scattering related errors Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Technical Note: Latitude-time variations of atmospheric column-average dry air mole fractions of CO2, CH4 and N2O Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	The ACOS CO2 retrieval algorithm - Part II: Global XCO2 data characterization Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2011	A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO2 total columns from space Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Calibration of TCCON column-averaged CO2: the first aircraft campaign over European TCCON sites Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Global CO(2) fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO(2) total column Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2011	Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Methane observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite: comparison to ground-based TCCON data and model calculations Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2011	Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2011	Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2011	The Australian methane budget: interpreting surface and train-borne measurements using a chemistry transport model Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2011	Toward accurate CO2 and CH4 observations from GOSAT Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2010	Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
2010	Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions
2010	The importance of transport model uncertainties for the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks using satellite measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2010	Total column CO2 measurements at Darwin, Australia - site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Trace gas emissions from savanna fires in northern Australia Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2010	Train-borne measurements of tropical methane enhancements from ephemeral wetlands in Australia Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2010	Validation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2009	Dynamic Processes Governing Lower-Tropospheric HDO/H2O Ratios as Observed from Space and Ground Published In Science
2007	Reducing the impact of source brightness fluctuations on spectra obtained by Fourier-transform spectrometry Published In Applied Optics

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Near-infrared lunar absorption spectroscopy for the retrieval of column averaged CO2and CH4 Published In Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science: Advances of a Helmholtz Graduate Research School Publisher Cham

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Philippines TCCON project: One-year measurement results and future Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2009	Total column carbon observing network (TCCON) Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Other Publications

Year	Title
2011	The UoW FTIR trace gas analyser: comparison with LoFlo, AGAGE and tank measurements at Cape Grim and GASLAB. In Baseline Atmospheric Program (Australia) 2007-2008, pages 7-22
2022	Can we see the impact of indigenous fire management on the temporal shift in annual cycle of carbon monoxide?
2022	Supplementary material to "Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 2015–2019, based on assimilation of OCO-2 satellite data"
2021	Supplementary material to "An improved carbon greenhouse gas simulation in GEOS-Chem version 12.1.1"
2021	Supplementary material to "Was Australia a sink or source of CO<sub>2</sub> in 2015? Data assimilation using OCO-2 satellite measurements"
2020	TCCON Data Use Policy and License
2020	TCCON feedback on Labzovskii et al
2019	Supplementary material to "Evaluation of MOPITT version 7 joint TIR-NIR X<sub>CO</sub> retrievals with TCCON"
2019	Supplementary material to "Simultaneous shipborne measurements of CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub> and CO and their application to improving greenhouse gas flux estimates in Australia"

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	CAMP2EX - Validation of H2O vapour and Aerosols over Burgos: Aircraft, GOSAT and TCCON (CAMP2Ex-HABAGAT) Awarded by: NASA Funding Scheme: Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes - Philippines Experiment
2016 - 2020	Tackling Atmospheric Chemistry Grand Challenges in the Southern Hemisphere Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2017 - 2018	Asset #5, GipNet Atmospheric Monitoring Network Awarded by: Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Funding Scheme: Education Investment Fund
2014 - 2017	Combining multi-platform, multi-tracer measurements with atmospheric modelling to better estimate fluxes of atmospheric constituents Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2015	Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub Awarded by: National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Funding Scheme: Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub
	Developing and verifying an atmospheric assurance system for the Gippsland near-shore environment Awarded by: Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research & Development Funding Scheme: Targeted Program Funding
	Novel techniques for interpreting atmospheric variability and its drivers Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Emulation For Spatio-Temporal Sensitivities With Application To Atmospheric Transport Models	Cartwright, Laura
Doctor of Philosophy	Drivers of variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide in Australia	John, Susan

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-2577 (confirmed)

Top Publications

Year	Title
2012	A Fourier transform infrared trace gas and isotope analyser for atmospheric applications Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Global CO(2) fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO(2) total column Published in Geophysical Research Letters
2010	Total column CO2 measurements at Darwin, Australia - site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles Published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Train-borne measurements of tropical methane enhancements from ephemeral wetlands in Australia Published in Journal of Geophysical Research

Research Areas

Geographic Focus

Asia/Oceania Geographic Region
Global Geographic Region
Southern Hemisphere Geographic Region

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	An 11-year record of XCO2 estimates derived from GOSAT measurements using the NASA ACOS version 9 retrieval algorithm Published In Earth System Science Data
2022	Australian Fire Emissions of Carbon Monoxide Estimated by Global Biomass Burning Inventories: Variability and Observational Constraints Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2022	Emulation of greenhouse-gas sensitivities using variational autoencoders Published In ENVIRONMETRICS
2022	Improved calibration procedures for the EM27/SUN spectrometers of the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON) Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 2015-2019, based on assimilation of Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2022	Key challenges for tropospheric chemistry in the Southern Hemisphere Published In Elementa
2022	Nitrous Oxide Profiling from Infrared Radiances (NOPIR): Algorithm Description, Application to 10 Years of IASI Observations and Quality Assessment Published In Remote Sensing
2022	On the consistency of methane retrievals using the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) and multiple spectroscopic databases Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Retrieval of greenhouse gases from GOSAT and GOSAT-2 using the FOCAL algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2022	Synergetic use of IASI profile and TROPOMI total-column level 2 methane retrieval products Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	2019–20 Australian bushfires and anomalies in carbon monoxide surface and column measurements Published In Atmosphere
2021	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: Using GOSAT XCH4 data with weak-constraint four-dimensional variational data assimilation Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2021	Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: Improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Performance of an open-path near-infrared measurement system for measurements of CO2 and CH4 during extended field trials Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Shallow water monitoring technologies and trials at the CarbonNet Pelican CO2 storage site
2021	The Adaptable 4A Inversion (5AI): Description and first XCO2 retrievals from Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	The Carbon Cycle of Southeast Australia During 2019-2020: Drought, Fires, and Subsequent Recovery Published In AGU ADVANCES
2021	Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2021	Was Australia a sink or source of CO2in 2015? Data assimilation using OCO-2 satellite measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2021	XCO2 retrieval for GOSAT and GOSAT-2 based on the FOCAL algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	A decade of GOSAT Proxy satellite CH4 observations Published In Earth System Science Data
2020	Bias Correction of the Ratio of Total Column CH4 to CO2 Retrieved from GOSAT Spectra Published In Remote Sensing
2020	Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: impact of model resolution in versions v9-02 of GEOS-Chem and v35j of its adjoint model Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2020	Ensemble-based satellite-derived carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged dry-air mole fraction data sets (2003–2018) for carbon and climate applications Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	Improved Constraints on Northern Extratropical CO2 Fluxes Obtained by Combining Surface-Based and Space-Based Atmospheric CO2 Measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020	Spectral sizing of a coarse-spectral-resolution satellite sensor for XCO2 Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2020	Toward High Precision XCO2 Retrievals From TanSat Observations: Retrieval Improvement and Validation Against TCCON Measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020	Validation of Carbon Trace Gas Profile Retrievals from the NOAA-Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System for the Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Published In Remote Sensing
2020	Validation of XCO2 and XCH4 retrieved from a portable Fourier transform spectrometer with those from in situ profiles from aircraft-borne instruments Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	A scientific algorithm to simultaneously retrieve carbon monoxide and methane from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	An intercomparison of total column-averaged nitrous oxide between ground-based FTIR TCCON and NDACC measurements at seven sites and comparisons with the GEOS-Chem model Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Bayesian atmospheric tomography for detection and quantification of methane emissions: Application to data from the 2015 Ginninderra release experiment Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Building the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON): Long-term stability and ensemble performance of the EM27/SUN Fourier transform spectrometer Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Emissions of methane in Europe inferred by total column measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2019	Evaluation and Analysis of the Seasonal Cycle and Variability of the Trend from GOSAT Methane Retrievals Published In Remote Sensing
2019	Evaluation of Bias Correction Methods for GOSAT SWIR XH2O Using TCCON data Published In Remote Sensing
2019	Evaluation of MOPITT Version 7 joint TIR-NIR XCO retrievals with TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2019	Satellite and ground-based measurements of XCO2 in a remote semiarid region of Australia Published In Earth System Science Data
2019	Simultaneous shipborne measurements of CO2, CH4 and CO and their application to improving greenhouse-gas flux estimates in Australia Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2018	The Ginninderra CH4 and CO2 release experiment: An evaluation of gas detection and quantification techniques Published In International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
2017	Comparisons of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) X_CO2 measurements with TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2017	Consistent regional fluxes of CH4 and CO2 inferred from GOSAT proxy XCH4:XCO2 retrievals, 2010-2014 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	Contributions of the troposphere and stratosphere to CH4 model biases Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	EOF-based regression algorithm for the fast retrieval of atmospheric CO2 total column amount from the GOSAT observations Published In Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2017	Global land mapping of satellite-observed CO2 total columns using spatio-temporal geostatistics Published In International Journal of Digital Earth: a new journal for a new vision
2017	Global satellite observations of column-averaged carbon dioxide and methane: The GHG-CCI XCO2 and XCH4 CRDP3 data set Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2017	Improved method for linear carbon monoxide simulation and source attribution in atmospheric chemistry models illustrated using GEOS-Chem v9 Published In Geoscientific Model Development
2017	Study of the footprints of short-term variation in XCO₂ observed by TCCON sites using NIES and FLEXPART atmospheric transport models Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2017	TCCON Philippines: First Measurement Results, Satellite Data and Model Comparisons in Southeast Asia Published In Remote Sensing
2017	The Total Carbon Column Observing Network site description for Lauder, New Zealand Published In Earth System Science Data
2017	The arctic seasonal cycle of total column CO2 and CH4 from ground-based solar and lunar FTIR absorption spectrometry Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2017	Total Carbon Column Observing Network Philippines: toward quantifying atmospheric carbon in Southeast Asia Published In Climate, Disaster and Development Journal
2017	Validation of GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 Retrieved by PPDF-S Method and Comparison with Full Physics Method Published In SOLA : Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere
2016	Ability of the 4-D-Var analysis of the GOSAT BESD XCO2 retrievals to characterize atmospheric CO2 at large and synoptic scales Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Bias corrections of GOSAT SWIR XCO₂ and XCH₄ with TCCON data and their evaluation using aircraft measurement data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Comparison of XH2O Retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra with observations from the TCCON network Published In Remote Sensing
2016	Consistent evaluation of ACOS-GOSAT, BESD-SCIAMACHY, CarbonTracker, and MACC through comparisons to TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Correction: Dupuy, E., et al. Comparison of XH2O retrieved from gosat short-wavelength infrared spectra with observations from the tccon network. Remote Sens. 2016, 8, 414 Published In Remote Sensing
2016	Estimates of European uptake of CO2 inferred from GOSAT XCO2 retrievals: sensitivity to measurement bias inside and outside Europe Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Evaluation of column-averaged methane in models and TCCON with a focus on the stratosphere Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Improving atmospheric CO₂ retrievals using line mixing and speed-dependence when fitting high-resolution ground-based solar spectra Published In Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy
2016	Retrieval of xCO₂ from ground-based mid-infrared (NDACC) solar absorption spectra and comparison to TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2016	Seasonal variability of stratospheric methane: implications for constraining tropospheric methane budgets using total column observations Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2016	Source and meteorological influences on air quality (CO, CH4 & CO2) at a Southern Hemisphere urban site Published In Atmospheric Environment
2016	Towards understanding the variability in biospheric CO2 fluxes: using FTIR spectrometry and a chemical transport model to investigate the sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide and its link to CO2 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Consistent satellite XCO2 retrievals from SCIAMACHY and GOSAT using the BESD algorithm Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Does GOSAT capture the true seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide? Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Elevated uptake of CO2 over Europe inferred from GOSAT XCO2 retrievals: a real phenomenon or an artefact of the analysis? Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2015	Moist processes during MJO events as diagnosed from water isotopic measurements from the IASI satellite Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2015	Positive trends in Southern Hemisphere carbonyl sulfide Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2015	The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): comparison and quality assessment of near-surface-sensitive satellite-derived CO2 and CH4 global data sets Published In Remote Sensing of Environment: an interdisciplinary journal
2015	The imprint of stratospheric transport on column-averaged methane Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
2015	Using XCO2 retrievals for assessing the long-term consistency of NDACC/FTIR data sets Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2015	Validation of SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements using the TCCON and NDACC-MUSICA networks Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Derivation of tropospheric methane from TCCON CH4and HF total column observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Forecasting global atmospheric CO2 Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Inferring regional sources and sinks of atmospheric CO2 from GOSAT XCO2 data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	Multistation intercomparison of column-averaged methane from NDACC and TCCON: impact of dynamical variability Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Retrieval of tropospheric column-averaged CH4 mole fraction by solar absorption FTIR-spectrometry using N2O as a proxy Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Satellite-inferred European carbon sink larger than expected Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2014	The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): comparative validation of GHG-CCI SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS/GOSAT CO2 and CH4 retrieval algorithm products with measurements from the TCCON Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO2 and CH4 Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2014	Tropospheric CH4 signals as observed by NDACC FTIR at globally distributed sites and comparison to GAW surface in situ measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space. Part 2: Algorithm intercomparison in the GOSAT data processing for CO2 retrievals over TCCON sites Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2013	Evaluation of seasonal atmosphere-biosphere exchange estimations with TCCON measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2013	First intercalibration of column-averaged methane from the Total Carbon Column Observing Network and the Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	HDO/H2O ratio retrievals from GOSAT Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Impact of aerosol and thin cirrus on retrieving and validating XCO2 from GOSAT shortwave infrared measurements Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2013	Improved water vapour spectroscopy in the 4174-4300 cm(-1) region and its impact on SCIAMACHY HDO/H2O measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Improvement of the retrieval algorithm for GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 and their validation using TCCON data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2013	Simulations of column-averaged CO2 and CH4 using the NIES TM with a hybrid sigma-isentropic (σ-θ) vertical coordinate Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2013	Simultaneous retrieval of atmospheric CO2 and light path modification from space-based spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases: Methodology and application to GOSAT measurements over TCCON sites Published In Applied Optics
2013	The covariation of Northern Hemisphere summertime CO2 with surface temperature in boreal regions Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	A Fourier transform infrared trace gas and isotope analyser for atmospheric applications Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Atmospheric carbon dioxide retrieved from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT): Comparison with ground-based TCCON observations and GEOS-Chem model calculations Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Atmospheric greenhouse gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY: comparison to ground-based FTS measurements and model results Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	Automated ground-based remote sensing measurements of greenhouse gases at the Bialystok site in comparison with collocated in situ measurements and model data Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	CH4, CO, and H2O spectroscopy for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission: an assessment with the Total Carbon Column Observing Network measurements Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space: Validation of PPDF-based CO 2 retrievals from GOSAT Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Ground-based remote sensing of tropospheric water vapour isotopologues within the project MUSICA Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Ground-based remote sensing of tropospheric water vapour isotopologues within the project MUSICA Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Methane retrievals from Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) shortwave infrared measurements: Performance comparison of proxy and physics retrieval algorithms Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	On the potential of the 2041-2047nm spectral region for remote sensing of atmospheric CO2isotopologues Published In Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
2012	Process-evaluation of tropospheric humidity simulated by general circulation models using water vapor isotopologues: 1. comparison between models and observations Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2012	Satellite evidence for a large source of formic acid from boreal and tropical forests Published In Nature Geoscience
2012	Sciamachy WFM-DOAS XCO2: Reduction of scattering related errors Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2012	Technical Note: Latitude-time variations of atmospheric column-average dry air mole fractions of CO2, CH4 and N2O Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2012	The ACOS CO2 retrieval algorithm - Part II: Global XCO2 data characterization Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2011	A method for evaluating bias in global measurements of CO2 total columns from space Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Calibration of TCCON column-averaged CO2: the first aircraft campaign over European TCCON sites Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Global CO(2) fluxes inferred from surface air-sample measurements and from TCCON retrievals of the CO(2) total column Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2011	Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2011	Methane observations from the Greenhouse Gases Observing SATellite: comparison to ground-based TCCON data and model calculations Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2011	Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2011	Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2011	The Australian methane budget: interpreting surface and train-borne measurements using a chemistry transport model Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2011	Toward accurate CO2 and CH4 observations from GOSAT Published In Geophysical Research Letters
2010	Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Importance of secondary sources in the atmospheric budgets of formic and acetic acids Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
2010	Preliminary validation of column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from GOSAT short-wavelength infrared spectra Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions
2010	The importance of transport model uncertainties for the estimation of CO2 sources and sinks using satellite measurements Published In Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
2010	Total column CO2 measurements at Darwin, Australia - site description and calibration against in situ aircraft profiles Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2010	Trace gas emissions from savanna fires in northern Australia Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2010	Train-borne measurements of tropical methane enhancements from ephemeral wetlands in Australia Published In Journal of Geophysical Research
2010	Validation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations Published In Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
2009	Dynamic Processes Governing Lower-Tropospheric HDO/H2O Ratios as Observed from Space and Ground Published In Science
2007	Reducing the impact of source brightness fluctuations on spectra obtained by Fourier-transform spectrometry Published In Applied Optics

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Near-infrared lunar absorption spectroscopy for the retrieval of column averaged CO2and CH4 Published In Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science: Advances of a Helmholtz Graduate Research School Publisher Cham

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Philippines TCCON project: One-year measurement results and future Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2009	Total column carbon observing network (TCCON) Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Other Publications

Year	Title
2011	The UoW FTIR trace gas analyser: comparison with LoFlo, AGAGE and tank measurements at Cape Grim and GASLAB. In Baseline Atmospheric Program (Australia) 2007-2008, pages 7-22
2022	Can we see the impact of indigenous fire management on the temporal shift in annual cycle of carbon monoxide?
2022	Supplementary material to "Interannual variability in the Australian carbon cycle over 2015–2019, based on assimilation of OCO-2 satellite data"
2021	Supplementary material to "An improved carbon greenhouse gas simulation in GEOS-Chem version 12.1.1"
2021	Supplementary material to "Was Australia a sink or source of CO<sub>2</sub> in 2015? Data assimilation using OCO-2 satellite measurements"
2020	TCCON Data Use Policy and License
2020	TCCON feedback on Labzovskii et al
2019	Supplementary material to "Evaluation of MOPITT version 7 joint TIR-NIR X<sub>CO</sub> retrievals with TCCON"
2019	Supplementary material to "Simultaneous shipborne measurements of CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub> and CO and their application to improving greenhouse gas flux estimates in Australia"

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2020	CAMP2EX - Validation of H2O vapour and Aerosols over Burgos: Aircraft, GOSAT and TCCON (CAMP2Ex-HABAGAT) Awarded by: NASA Funding Scheme: Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes - Philippines Experiment
2016 - 2020	Tackling Atmospheric Chemistry Grand Challenges in the Southern Hemisphere Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2017 - 2018	Asset #5, GipNet Atmospheric Monitoring Network Awarded by: Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education Funding Scheme: Education Investment Fund
2014 - 2017	Combining multi-platform, multi-tracer measurements with atmospheric modelling to better estimate fluxes of atmospheric constituents Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2015	Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub Awarded by: National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Funding Scheme: Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub
	Developing and verifying an atmospheric assurance system for the Gippsland near-shore environment Awarded by: Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research & Development Funding Scheme: Targeted Program Funding
	Novel techniques for interpreting atmospheric variability and its drivers Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Future Fellowships

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Emulation For Spatio-Temporal Sensitivities With Application To Atmospheric Transport Models	Cartwright, Laura
Doctor of Philosophy	Drivers of variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide in Australia	John, Susan

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Deutscher, Nicholas Dr (he/him)

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