DECSO-NRT-Europe aims to develop a near-real time (NRT) NOx emission service for Europe based on Sentinel data. NRT means emissions estimates are derived less than one month after the actual emission. In the first phase, we plan to build the NRT service for Sentinel-5P data, using the existing state-of-the-art inversion algorithm DECSO. In the second …
The OneSun project (a physics-constrained,self calibrating,data-driving system with a common solar spectrum for homogeneous trace gas retrieval network) introduces an innovative approach to trace gas retrievals, addressing critical challenges in the operation of fiducial reference networks for satellite validation: ensuring homogeneity in calibration, maintaining high data quality, and enabling scalable network operations. Central to this …
For the 6th year running, ESA, ECMWF and EUMETSAT joined forces to further the knowledge of keen early career scientists on atmospheric composition monitoring and modelling. The course brought 30 students and expert lecturers from all over the world to NILU, a Norwegian climate research institute, to train students on the fundamentals of Earth Observation …
The educational materials (in particular pre-training webinars) from the 6th ECMWF CAMS, ESA, EUMETSAT Training in Atmospheric Composition held from 16 to 20 September 2024 can be accessed from the link on the left menu.
The 6th Training in Atmospheric Composition Monitoring and Modelling will be held in Oslo, Norway, from 16 to 20 September 2024 at the Climate and Research Institute NILU. Organized by the ECMWF with CAMS, ESA, and EUMETSAT, this in-person course offers a comprehensive introduction to the end-to-end processes of atmospheric composition monitoring. Topics include emissions …
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas contributing significantly to climate change. Due to its relatively short lifetime mitigation efforts on CH4 emissions could rapidly and efficiently pay-off to limit climate change. Targetted mitigation efforts should rely on a solid understanding of sources and sink of CH4 at all scales, from the global scale to …
Methane (CH4) is a significant anthropogenic greenhouse gas, second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in contributing to global warming. It constitutes approximately 25% of the warming effect since pre-industrial times. Traditional methods for monitoring methane emissions rely on bottom-up approaches, calculating emissions by multiplying activity levels with emission factors. Satellites offer a more efficient alternative, …
The European Space Agency, in coordination with Agenția Spațială Română (ROSA), is organising the Earth Explorer 11 User Consultation Meeting on 10-11 October, 2023 in Bucharest, Romania. The Meeting will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bucharest city centre. Objectives The ESA Earth Explorer 11 (EE11) User Consultation Meeting (UCM) is a …
Prompted by the novel satellite data of glyoxal (CHOCHO) and formaldehyde (HCHO) retrieved by the high resolution spectra of the TROPOMI sounder, GLANCE aims to assess the global budget of their precursors using the MAGRITTEv1.1 global atmospheric chemistry-transport model (CTM) and an inverse adjoint-based framework. Both compounds are formed in the oxidation of non-methane volatile …
A team of researchers estimated the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants and other major anthropogenic point sources in the South African Highveld region using space-based data. The results indicate that CO2 emissions can be obtained also in challenging cases where the plumes from multiple sources overlap. The new publication characterizes CO2 emissions …
