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SENTINEL-5P+ INNOVATION – SO2 Layer Height Project

Prime company: DLR – GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DE)

The ESA Sentinel-5p+ Innovation project (S5p+I) has been initiated to develop novel scientific and operational applications, products and retrieval methods that exploit the potential of the Sentinel-5p mission’s capabilities beyond its primary objective. Accurate determination of the location, height and loading of SO2 plumes emitted by volcanic eruptions is essential for aviation safety. The SO2 layer height is furthermore …

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SENTINEL-5P+ INNOVATION – GLYRETRO (GLYoxal Retrievals from TROPOMI)

Prime company: BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF SPACE AERONOMY (BIRA-IASB) (BE)

Glyoxal is the most abundant dicarbonyl present in our atmosphere and is directly emitted from biomass burning and also results from the oxidation of precursor non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC). It is currently estimated that about 70% of its production originate from natural sources and fires, while the remaining 30% come from human activities. With …

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Sentinel-5p+ Innovation

Prime company: ESA EOP-SDR initiative (IT)

The Sentinel-5p+ Innovation activity is motivated by potential novel scientific developments and applications that may emerge from the exploitation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5p mission data. This satellite mission is dedicated to the precise monitoring of the Earth’s atmosphere with a highlight on tropospheric composition. The Sentinel-5p spacecraft was launched in October 2017, where fills the …

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SOLFEO – Spaceborne Observations over Latin America For Emission Optimization applications

Prime company: The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) (NL)

South America hosts the Amazon rain forest, the largest source of natural hydrocarbons (HC) emitted into the atmosphere. However, the forest undergoes continuous pressure due to increasing needs for pasture and agricultural land. Next to this, large urban centers of South America face acute air quality problems. In this tense situation, it is important to …

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Diane Knappett

Diane is a remote sensing scientist specialising in trace gas retrievals from satellite data, working as part of the UK’s National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO). Her background is in physics, having completed an MSc. degree in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Birmingham, before going on to complete a PhD within the Earth …

Diego Loyola – Sentinel-5P

The unprecedented spatial resolution offered by Copernicus Sentinel-5P’s Tropomi instrument means that we can now better analyse the complex relationship between tropospheric ozone and climate.

— Diego Loyola, German Aerospace Center

DACES – Detection of Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Sources

Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)

The project aims at developing a new methodology for detecting anthropogenic carbon dioxide emission sources. CO2 data from OCO-2 and NO2, SO2 and CO data from Sentinel-5P are collocated. The plan is to analyze these data in synergy to better detect anthropogenic CO2 sources and plumes. In detail OCO-2 XCO2 data is deseasonalized and detrended, …

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SUNLIT – Synergy of Using Nadir and Limb Instruments for Tropospheric ozone monitoring

Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)

The project aims at developing a new global tropospheric ozone datasets form TROPOMI and OMI measurements. These data will be a valuable addition to the operational TROPOMI Tropospheric ozone column product by the convective cloud differential method, which will be available for tropics only. In addition, the multi-limb-instrument stratospheric ozone column dataset, compatible with nadir …

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MethEO – Methane emissions in the Northern Hemisphere by applying both data from Earth Observing (EO) satellites and global atmospheric methane inversion model estimates

Prime company: FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (FI)

The project will investigate Northern Hemisphere methane (CH4) sources and their connection to the soil freezing and thawing at high latitudes. We will innovatively combine methods for monitoring of CH4 (methane) emissions in the Northern Hemisphere by applying both data from Earth Observing (EO) satellites and global atmospheric methane inversion model estimates. The EO data …

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Impact of 3D Cloud Structures on the Atmospheric Trace Gas Products From UV-Vis Sounders

Prime company: NILU – NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH (NO)

In current atmospheric trace gas retrieval schemes exploiting UV-vis sounder data, clouds are treated in a simplistic way ignoring 3D structures and cloud shadows. In this activity, the impact of such cloud effects on trace gas products is quantified, building on statistical analyses of cloud observational data and on 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulations …

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