In oktober 2024 kwamen wetenschappers uit Nederland en de Verenigde Staten bijeen op de Nederlandse ambassade in Washington om hun expertise te delen over broeikasgassen, reactieve gassen, wolken en aerosolen. Deze thema’s zijn belangrijk voor klimaatonderzoek. In een whitepaper formuleren ze acties die antwoord gaan geven op urgente klimaatvragen.
Whitepaper
The white paper reinforces the strong cooperation between the Netherlands and the United States in the field of atmospheric monitoring from space. Among the authors are scientists from the US National Science Foundation, NASA, SRON, TNO and KNMI. They identify ten research topics that would benefit from collaboration. The action items can be summarized into three categories:
- Joint development of space missions and aircraft campaigns, including successors of the space instruments OMI, TROPOMI and SPEXone.
- Joint research with satellite data, to increase our knowledge of air quality, climate and biodiversity. This includes the improvement of algorithms and comparison of satellite data.
- Joint organisation of workshops and the exchange of students and scientists.
