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. 2021 May 12;593(7858):233–237. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03462-x

Fig. 1. Formic acid abundance from satellite and model.

Fig. 1

ad, Total formic acid (HCOOH) column (colour scale) derived from IASI satellite observations (a), or simulated by the base version of the model (EMAC(base); b) or by the model that implements the multiphase production of HCOOH (c, EMAC(dioh); d, EMAC(diol)). The HCOOH columns are means over 2010–2012. e, f, Probability histograms of the HCOOH column bias between EMAC simulations and satellite data. For EMAC(base) versus IASI (purple; e, f), the mean column bias over 2010–2012 is −1.97 × 1015 molecules cm−2, the median is −1.59 × 1015 molecules cm−2 and the 1σ standard deviation is 1.64 × 1015 molecules cm−2. For EMAC(dioh) versus IASI (blue; e), the mean is −0.88 × 1015 molecules cm−2, the median is −0.66 × 1015 molecules cm−2 and the 1σ standard deviation is 1.62 × 1015 molecules cm−2. For EMAC(diol) versus IASI (green; f), the mean is 0.99 × 1015 molecules cm−2, the median is 0.97 × 1015 molecules cm−2 and the 1σ standard deviation is 2.16 × 1015 molecules cm−2. A seasonal comparison is provided in Extended Data Figs. 3, 4.

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