Introduction to GEMS version two air pollutants retrieval algorithm

Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS), the world's first geostationary environmental senor onboard Geo-Kompsat 2B, was launched in February, 2020 to monitor atmospheric pollutants (such as -> e.g. Aerosol properties, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulphur dioxide, Formaldehyde and Ozone) with high temporal and spatial resolution over ASIA. Environmental Satellite Center (ESC) of National Institute of Environmental Research has distributed these data since March, 2021 after in-orbit test was completed. We performed the accuracy validation of GEMS atmospheric pollutants retrieval algorithm using other environmental satellite (such as TROPOMI, OMPS, etc.) and ground-based measurements (such as Pandora, Max-DOAS, etc.) data through GEMS Map of Air Pollution (GMAP) and Satellite Integrated Joint monitoring of Air Quality (SIJAQ) campaign. We validated the accuracy of GEMS atmospheric-pollutants-retrieval algorithm using the data from other environmental satellites (e.g. TROPOMI, OMPS, etc.) and ground-based measurements data (e.g. Pandora, Max-DOAS, etc.).After that, we improved the accuracy of retrieval algorithm and released GEMS version two data in November last year. In this version two data, we found improvements needed in a priori data, cloud data, and surface reflectance data. In this present study, we introduce the difference and improvements GEMS version two and one data.