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

Extended Data Fig. 5. Global formaldehyde abundance from satellite and model.

Extended Data Fig. 5

ad, Formaldehyde (HCHO) column derived from OMI/Aura satellite observations (a), or simulated by EMAC(base) (b), EMAC(dioh) (c) or EMAC(diol) (d). Model data were sampled at the time and location of the satellite measurements, and the OMI averaging kernels were applied to the model profiles to account for the vertical sensitivity and resolution of OMI. The HCHO columns are means over 2010–2012. e, f, Probability histograms of the HCHO column bias between EMAC simulations and satellite data. The statistics correspond to the mean, median and 1σ standard deviation of the column biases calculated over 2010–2012. Details on the OMI HCHO retrievals and the comparison with model data are provided in Supplementary Information, section 7.