Observing atmospheric formaldehyde (HCHO) from space: validation, intercomparison, trend analysis and public health implications

Lei Zhu1, Daniel J. Jacob2, Patrick S Kim3, Jenny A Fisher4, Karen Yu3, Katherine Travis5, Loretta J Mickley3, Robert Yantosca1, Melissa Payer Sulprizio1, Isabelle De Smedt6, Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad7, Kelly Chance8, Can Li9, Richard Anthony Ferrare5, Alan Fried10, Johnathan W Hair5, Thomas F Hanisco11, Dirk Richter10, Amy Jo Scarino12, James Walega10, Petter Weibring10 and Glenn M Wolfe13, (1)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (2)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)University of Wollongong, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences and School of Chemistry, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, (5)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (6)Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium, (7)Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (8)Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, United States, (9)UMD ESSIC, College Park, MD, United States, (10)University of Colorado at Boulder, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (13)UMBC/NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD, United States