SRON Earth publications

Satellite monitoring of annual US landfill methane emissions and trends

We use satellite observations of atmospheric methane from the TROPOMI instrument to estimate total a..

Authors: Maasakkers
Bibcode: 2025ERL….20b4007B
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ada2b1

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Comparing Space-Based To Reported Carbon Monoxide Emission Estimates For Europe’S Iron And Steel Plants

We use satellite observations of carbon monoxide (CO) to estimate CO emissions from European integra..

Authors: Leguijt, Maasakkers, Borsdorff, van der Velde, Aben
Bibcode: 2025ACP….25..555L
DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-555-2025

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Enhanced CH4 emissions from global wildfires likely due to undetected small fires

Monitoring methane (CH4) emissions from terrestrial ecosystems is essential for assessing the relati..

Authors: van der Velde, Zhang
Bibcode: 2025NatCo..16..804Z
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56218-w

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Integrating Satellite Observations and Hydrological Models to Unravel Large TROPOMI Methane Emissions in South Sudan Wetlands

This study presents a comprehensive investigation of Methane (CH4) emissions in the wetlands of Sout..

Authors: van der Velde, Pandey, Houweling
Bibcode: 2024RemS…16.4744A
DOI: 10.3390/rs16244744

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A Comparative Analysis of Satellite-Derived CO Retrievals During the 2020 Wildfires in North America

In September 2020, the Western United States experienced anomalously severe wildfires that resulted ..

Authors: Borsdorff
Bibcode: 2024JGRD..12939876M
DOI: 10.1029/2023JD039876

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TROPOMI unravels transboundary transport pathways of atmospheric carbon monoxide in Tibetan Plateau

Numerous studies have reported in situ monitoring and source analysis in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), a..

Authors: Borsdorff, Landgraf, Wu
Bibcode: 2024ScTEn.95275942L
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175942

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Sensitivity of cloud microphysics to aerosol is highly associated with cloud water content: Implications for indirect radiative forcing

The sensitivity of cloud microphysics to aerosol loading, quantified by the aerosol-cloud interactio..

Authors: Zhang
Bibcode: 2024AtmRe.30907552W
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107552

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Mapping The Co2 Total Column Retrieval Performance From Shortwave Infrared Measurements: Synthetic Impacts Of The Spectral Resolution, Signal-To-Noise Ratio, And Spectral Band Selection

Satellites have been providing spaceborne observations of the total column of CO2 (denoted XCO2) for..

Authors: Dogniaux
Bibcode: 2024AMT….17.5373D
DOI: 10.5194/amt-17-5373-2024

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Exploring Aerosol-Cloud Interactions In Liquid-Phase Clouds Over Eastern China And Its Adjacent Ocean Using The Wrf-Chem-Sbm Model

In this study we explore aerosol-cloud interactions in liquid-phase clouds over eastern China (EC) a..

Bibcode: 2024ACP….24.9101Z
DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-9101-2024

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Evaluation of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Methane Observations at Northern High Latitudes

The Arctic and boreal regions are experiencing a rapid increase in temperature, resulting in a chang..

Authors: Lorente, Martinez Velarte, Borsdorff
Bibcode: 2024RemS…16.2979L
DOI: 10.3390/rs16162979

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Assessing Methane Emissions From Collapsing Venezuelan Oil Production Using Tropomi

Venezuela has long been identified as an area with large methane emissions and intensive oil exploit..

Authors: Nathan, Maasakkers, Naus, Lorente, Borsdorff, Aben
Bibcode: 2024ACP….24.6845N
DOI: 10.5194/acp-24-6845-2024

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Aerosol and Dimethyl Sulfide Sensitivity to Sulfate Chemistry Schemes

Dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is the largest source of natural sulfur in the atmosphere and undergoes oxida..

Bibcode: 2024JGRD..12940635B
DOI: 10.1029/2023JD040635

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High-Resolution Us Methane Emissions Inferred From An Inversion Of 2019 Tropomi Satellite Data: Contributions From Individual States, Urban Areas, And Landfills

We quantify 2019 annual mean methane emissions in the contiguous US (CONUS) at 0.25° × 0.3..

Recent reductions in aerosol emissions have increased Earth’s energy imbalance

The Earth’s energy imbalance is the net radiative flux at the top-of-atmosphere. Climate model..

Algorithm Evaluation For Polarimetric Remote Sensing Of Atmospheric Aerosols

From a passive satellite remote sensing point of view, the richest set of information on aerosol pro..

In-situ observations reveal weak hygroscopicity in the Southern Tibetan Plateau: implications for aerosol activation and indirect effects

As a precursor process to cloud formation, aerosol activation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a ..

Random Forest Classifier for Cloud Clearing of the Operational TROPOMI XCH₄ Product

The TROPOMI XCH4 data product requires rigorous cloud filtering to achieve a product accuracy of ..

Frontiers in Satellite-Based Estimates of Cloud-Mediated Aerosol Forcing

Aerosol retrieval over snow using the RemoTAP algorithm

In order to conduct accurate aerosol retrieval over snow, the Remote Sensing of Trace Gases and Aero..

Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and ocean properties from PACE HARP2 with uncertainty assessment using cascading neural network radiative transfer models

The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on urban photochemistry as inferred from TROPOMI

Movement restrictions were imposed in 2020 to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. These lock-down episo..

Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data

A reduction in anthropogenic methane emissions is vital to limit near-term global warming. A small n..

Atmospheric CO₂ inversion reveals the Amazon as a minor carbon source caused by fire emissions, with forest uptake offsetting about half of these emissions

Plume detection and emission estimate for biomass burning plumes from TROPOMI carbon monoxide observations using APE v1.1

This paper presents the automated plume detection and emission estimation algorithm (APE), developed..

Assimilation of POLDER observations to estimate aerosol emissions

A blended TROPOMI+GOSAT satellite data product for atmospheric methane using machine learning to correct retrieval biases

Satellite observations of dry-column methane mixing ratios (XCH4) from shortwave infrared (SWIR) sol..

Verifying Methane Inventories and Trends With Atmospheric Methane Data

The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and Global Methane Pledge formalized agreement for countries to rep..

Quantification of carbon monoxide emissions from African cities using TROPOMI

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an air pollutant that plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry and i..

Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset

Continuous weekly monitoring of methane emissions from the Permian Basin by inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations

We quantify weekly methane emissions at 0.25∘ × 0.3125∘ (≈25 × 25 km2..

East Asian methane emissions inferred from high-resolution inversions of GOSAT and TROPOMI observations: a comparative and evaluative analysis

We apply atmospheric methane column retrievals from two different satellite instruments (Greenhouse ..

High-Resolution Estimation of Methane Emissions from Boreal and Pan-Arctic Wetlands Using Advanced Satellite Data

This paper investigates the use of soil moisture data from satellites and a hydrological model as in..

Global Atmospheric δ¹³CH₄ and CH₄ Trends for 2000-2020 from the Atmospheric Transport Model TM5 Using CH₄ from Carbon Tracker Europe-CH₄ Inversions

This study investigates atmospheric δ13CH4 trends, as produced by a global atmospheric transpo..

Vertical information of CO from TROPOMI total column measurements in context of the CAMS-IFS data assimilation scheme

Since 2017 the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel..

Satellite quantification of methane emissions and oil-gas methane intensities from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa: implications for climate action

We use 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane in an analytical inversion to quan..

The Importance of Spatial Resolution in the Modeling of Methane Emissions from Natural Wetlands

Uncertainty in aerosol-cloud radiative forcing is driven by clean conditions

Investigating high methane emissions from urban areas detected by TROPOMI and their association with untreated wastewater

Even though methane concentrations have contributed an estimated 23% of climate forcing, part of the..

Accounting for surface reflectance spectral features in TROPOMI methane retrievals

Satellite remote sensing of methane (CH4) using the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) abo..

A high-resolution satellite-based map of global methane emissions reveals missing wetland, fossil fuel, and monsoon sources

We interpret space-borne observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) in a mul..

Technical note: The CAMS greenhouse gas reanalysis from 2003 to 2020

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has recently produced a greenhouse gas reanalysi..

The CHROMA cloud-top pressure retrieval algorithm for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission

This paper provides the theoretical basis and simulated retrievals for the Cloud Height Retrieval fr..

The Deep Atmospheric Composition of Jupiter from Thermochemical Calculations Based on Galileo and Juno Data

The deep atmosphere of Jupiter is obscured beneath thick clouds. This causes direct observations to ..

Efficient single-scattering look-up table for lidar and polarimeter water cloud studies

Combined lidar and polarimeter retrievals of aerosol, cloud, and ocean microphysical properties invo..

Isotopic measurements in water vapor, precipitation, and seawater during EUREC⁴A

In early 2020, an international team set out to investigate trade-wind cumulus clouds and their coup..

Remote sensing of aerosol water fraction, dry size distribution and soluble fraction using multi-angle, multi-spectral polarimetry

A framework to infer volume water fraction, soluble fraction and dry size distributions of fine-mode..

Estimation of OH in urban plumes using TROPOMI-inferred NO₂ ∕ CO

Evaluation of the methane full-physics retrieval applied to TROPOMI ocean sun glint measurements

Assimilation of S5P/TROPOMI carbon monoxide data with the global CAMS near-real-time system

Sixteen years of MOPITT satellite data strongly constrain Amazon CO fire emissions

Satellite quantification of oil and natural gas methane emissions in the US and Canada including contributions from individual basins

We use satellite methane observations from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), for May..

Estimating Driver and Pathways for Hydroelectric Reservoir Methane Emissions Using a New Mechanistic Model

Hydroelectric reservoirs can emit significant quantities of methane, particularly through degassing ..

The Space Carbon Observatory (SCARBO) concept: assessment of X_CO2 and X_CH4 retrieval performance

Several single-platform satellite missions have been designed during the past decades in order to re..

Air quality impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures detected from space using high spatial resolution observations of multiple trace gases from Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI

The aim of this paper is to highlight how TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) trace gas dat..

Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations

We quantify methane emissions in China and the contributions from different sectors by inverse analy..

Effective uncertainty quantification for multi-angle polarimetric aerosol remote sensing over ocean

The polarization crossfire (PCF) sensor suite focusing on satellite remote sensing of fine particulate matter PM_2.5 from space

Focusing on satellite remote sensing of fine particulate matter PM2.5 from space, the polarization c..

Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills

As atmospheric methane concentrations increase at record pace, it is critical to identify individual..

Air quality impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures detected from space using high spatial resolution observations of multiple trace gases from Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI

The aim of this paper is to highlight how TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) trace gas dat..

Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI 1.0): a user-friendly, cloud-based facility for inferring high-resolution methane emissions from TROPOMI satellite observations

On the influence of underlying elevation data on Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI satellite methane retrievals over Greenland

Synergetic use of IASI profile and TROPOMI total-column level 2 methane retrieval products

An evaluation of the liquid cloud droplet effective radius derived from MODIS, airborne remote sensing, and in situ measurements from CAMP²Ex

The cloud drop effective radius (Re) of the drop size distribution derived from passive satellite se..

Large Methane Emission Fluxes Observed From Tropical Wetlands in Zambia

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with a warming potential 84 times that of carbon dioxide (C..

Order of magnitude wall time improvement of variational methane inversions by physical parallelization: a demonstration using TM5-4DVAR

Atmospheric inversions are used to constrain emissions of trace gases using atmospheric mole-fractio..

The 2019 methane budget and uncertainties at 1° resolution and each country through Bayesian integration Of GOSAT total column methane data and a priori inventory estimates

The Role of Emission Sources and Atmospheric Sink in the Seasonal Cycle of CH₄ and δ¹³-CH₄: Analysis Based on the Atmospheric Chemistry Transport Model TM5

This study investigates the contribution of different CH4 sources to the seasonal cycle of δ13..

Improved calibration procedures for the EM27/SUN spectrometers of the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON)

Estimating aerosol emission from SPEXone on the NASA PACE mission using an ensemble Kalman smoother: observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs)

We present a top-down approach for aerosol emission estimation from Spectropolarimeter for Planetary..

Retrieving H₂O/HDO columns over cloudy and clear-sky scenes from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

Identifying chemical aerosol signatures using optical suborbital observations: how much can optical properties tell us about aerosol composition?

Above-aircraft cirrus cloud and aerosol optical depth from hyperspectral irradiances measured by a total-diffuse radiometer

This study develops the use of spectral total and diffuse irradiance measurements, made from a proto..

Satellite Observations Reveal a Large CO Emission Discrepancy From Industrial Point Sources Over China

Irregular industrial Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions not only deteriorate global atmospheric environm..

Total water vapour columns derived from Sentinel 5P using the AMC-DOAS method

Water vapour is the most abundant natural greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere, and global..

Quantifying CO emission rates of industrial point sources from Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument observations

Methane emissions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: evaluation of national methane emission inventories and 2010-2017 sectoral trends by inverse analysis of in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH₄ ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) atmospheric observations

We quantify methane emissions and their 2010-2017 trends by sector in the contiguous United States (..

Quantification of CH₄ emissions from waste disposal sites near the city of Madrid using ground- and space-based observations of COCCON, TROPOMI and IASI

The objective of this study is to derive methane (CH4) emissions from three landfills, which are fou..

A Bayesian framework for deriving sector-based methane emissions from top-down fluxes

Estimating 2010-2015 anthropogenic and natural methane emissions in Canada using ECCC surface and GOSAT satellite observations

Methane emissions in Canada have both anthropogenic and natural sources. Anthropogenic emissions are..

Intercomparison of CO measurements from TROPOMI, ACE-FTS, and a high-Arctic ground-based Fourier transform spectrometer

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) provides a daily, spatially resolved (initially 7&#..

The added value of satellite observations of methane forunderstanding the contemporary methane budget

Surface observations have recorded large and incompletely understood changes to atmospheric methane ..

Methane Growth Rate Estimation and Its Causes in Western Canada Using Satellite Observations

Sustained methane emissions from China after 2012 despite declining coal production and rice-cultivated area

China’s anthropogenic methane emissions are the largest of any country in the world. A recent ..

Satellite Constraints on the Latitudinal Distribution and Temperature Sensitivity of Wetland Methane Emissions

Wetland methane (CH4) emissions comprise about one-third of the global CH4 source. The latitudinal d..

Validation of methane and carbon monoxide from Sentinel-5 Precursor using TCCON and NDACC-IRWG stations

The Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) mission with the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on boar..

Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments

We evaluate the global atmospheric methane column retrievals from the new TROPOMI satellite instrume..

Vast CO₂ release from Australian fires in 2019-2020 constrained by satellite

Southeast Australia experienced intensive and geographically extensive wildfires during the 2019-202..

Reduced-cost construction of Jacobian matrices for high-resolution inversions of satellite observations of atmospheric composition

Global high-resolution observations of atmospheric composition from satellites can greatly improve o..

Characterization of temporal and spatial variability of aerosols from ground-based climatology: towards evaluation of satellite mission requirements

The high variability of atmospheric aerosol in space and time poses significant challenges for aeros..

Efficient multi-angle polarimetric inversion of aerosols and ocean color powered by a deep neural network forward model

NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, scheduled for launch in the t..

AEROCOM and AEROSAT AAOD and SSA study – Part 1: Evaluation and intercomparison of satellite measurements

Global measurements of absorbing aerosol optical depth (AAOD) are scarce and mostly provided by the ..

Systematic detection of local CH₄ anomalies by combining satellite measurements with high-resolution forecasts

Can a regional-scale reduction of atmospheric CO₂ during the COVID-19 pandemic be detected from space? A case study for East China using satellite XCO₂ retrievals

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in reduced anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during 2020 i..

2010-2015 North American methane emissions, sectoral contributions, and trends: a high-resolution inversion of GOSAT observations of atmospheric methane

We use 2010-2015 Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) observations of atmospheric methane co..

Global methane budget and trend, 2010-2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH₄ ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations

We use satellite (GOSAT) and in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH4 ObsPack) observations of atmospheric methan..

Can a regional-scale reduction of atmospheric CO₂ during the COVID-19 pandemic be detected from space? A case study for East China using satellite XCO₂ retrievals

A tale of two regions: methane emissions from oil and gas production in offshore/onshore Mexico

We use atmospheric observations to quantify methane (CH4) emissions from Mexico’s most importa..

Anthropogenic CO₂ monitoring satellite mission: the need for multi-angle polarimetric observations

Assimilating aerosol optical properties related to size and absorption from POLDER/PARASOL with an ensemble data assimilation system

Atmospheric correction over the ocean for hyperspectral radiometers using multi-angle polarimetric retrievals

We developed a fast and accurate polynomial based atmospheric correction (POLYAC) algorithm for hype..

Rain-fed pulses of methane from East Africa during 2018-2019 contributed to atmospheric growth rate

East Africa is a key location for wetland emissions of methane (CH4), driven by variations in rainfa..

Relevant methane emission to the atmosphere from a geological gas manifestation

Quantifying natural geological sources of methane (CH4) allows to improve the assessment of anthropo..

Using satellite data to identify the methane emission controls of South Sudan’s wetlands

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) provides observations of atmospheric methane (CH4) ..

Biomass burning combustion efficiency observed from space using measurements of CO and NO₂ by the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

Shipborne measurements of XCO₂, XCH₄, and XCO above the Pacific Ocean and comparison to CAMS atmospheric analyses and S5P/TROPOMI

Measurements of atmospheric column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide (XCO2), methane..

Methane retrieved from TROPOMI: improvement of the data product and validation of the first 2 years of measurements

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on board the Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5-P) satellite ..

Constraining the Twomey effect from satellite observations: issues and perspectives

The Twomey effect describes the radiative forcing associated with a change in cloud albedo due to an..

Monitoring CO emissions of the metropolis Mexico City using TROPOMI CO observations

The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-5 satellite (S5-P) m..

Description and evaluation of a detailed gas-phase chemistry scheme in the TM5-MP global chemistry transport model (r112)

This work documents and evaluates the tropospheric gas-phase chemical mechanism MOGUNTIA in the thre..

1.5 years of TROPOMI CO measurements: comparisons to MOPITT and ATom

Quantifying burning efficiency in megacities using the NO₂/CO ratio from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

Intercomparison of atmospheric CO₂ and CH₄ abundances on regional scales in boreal areas using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) analysis, COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON) spectrometers, and Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite observations

We compare the atmospheric column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide (XCO2) and metha..

The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017

Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH4) budget is important for assessing realistic p..

Model simulations of atmospheric methane (1997-2016) and their evaluation using NOAA and AGAGE surface and IAGOS-CARIBIC aircraft observations

Methane (CH4) is an important greenhouse gas, and its atmospheric budget is determined by interactin..

Aerosol retrievals from different polarimeters during the ACEPOL campaign using a common retrieval algorithm

In this paper, we present aerosol retrieval results from the ACEPOL (Aerosol Characterization from P..

Spectral sizing of a coarse-spectral-resolution satellite sensor for XCO₂

Verifying anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions globally is essential to inform about the pro..

Ensemble-based satellite-derived carbon dioxide and methane column-averaged dry-air mole fraction data sets (2003-2018) for carbon and climate applications

Satellite retrievals of column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (..

XCO₂ observations using satellite measurements with moderate spectral resolution: investigation using GOSAT and OCO-2 measurements

In light of the proposed space segment of Europe’s future CO2 monitoring system, we investigat..

Daily Satellite Observations of Methane from Oil and Gas Production Regions in the United States

Production of oil and natural gas in North America is at an all-time high due to the development and..

First data set of H₂O/HDO columns from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

Global measurements of atmospheric water vapour isotopologues aid to better understand the hydrologi..

Advancing Scientific Understanding of the Global Methane Budget in Support of the Paris Agreement

The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to keep g..

A scientific algorithm to simultaneously retrieve carbon monoxide and methane from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor

Full-physics carbon dioxide retrievals from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite by only using the 2.06 µm band

A study of synthetic ¹³CH₄ retrievals from TROPOMI and Sentinel-5/UVNS

Retrievals of methane isotopologues have the potential to differentiate between natural and anthropo..

Analysis of polarimetric satellite measurements suggests stronger cooling due to aerosol-cloud interactions

Anthropogenic aerosol emissions lead to an increase in the amount of cloud condensation nuclei and c..

Improving the TROPOMI CO data product: update of the spectroscopic database and destriping of single orbits

On 13 October 2017, the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) was launched on the Copernicus ..

Nepal emission inventory – Part I: Technologies and combustion sources (NEEMI-Tech) for 2001-2016

An Open-Source Tool to Facilitate the Processing of GRACE Observations and GLDAS Outputs: An Evaluation in Bangladesh

The Plankton, Aerosol, Clouds, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission presents new opportunities and new cha..

Retrieving Aerosol Characteristics From the PACE Mission, Part 2: Multi-Angle and Polarimetry

The Plankton, Aerosol, Clouds, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission presents new opportunities and new cha..

Global distribution of methane emissions, emission trends, and OH concentrations and trends inferred from an inversion of GOSAT satellite data for 2010-2015

We use 2010-2015 observations of atmospheric methane columns from the GOSAT satellite instrument in ..

Going Beyond Standard Ocean Color Observations: Lidar and Polarimetry

Passive ocean color images have provided a sustained synoptic view of the distribution of ocean opti..

Evaluation and Analysis of the Seasonal Cycle and Variability of the Trend from GOSAT Methane Retrievals

Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with a large temporal variability. To increase the spatial ..

Aerosol measurements by SPEXone on the NASA PACE mission: expected retrieval capabilities

Retrieval of liquid water cloud properties from POLDER-3 measurements using a neural network ensemble approach

This paper describes a neural network algorithm for the estimation of liquid water cloud optical pro..

Carbon monoxide air pollution on sub-city scales and along arterial roads detected by the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument

The Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) on the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite provides meas..

What caused the extreme CO concentrations during the 2017 high-pollution episode in India?

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI), launched 13 October 2017, has been measuring carbo..

Polarimetric remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: Instruments, methodologies, results, and perspectives

Polarimetry is one of the most promising types of remote sensing for improved characterization of at..

Premature Mortality Due to PM_2.5 Over India: Effect of Atmospheric Transport and Anthropogenic Emissions

The annual premature mortality in India attributed to exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5)..

China’s coal mine methane regulations have not curbed growing emissions

Retrieval of aerosol microphysical and optical properties over land using a multimode approach

Polarimeter retrievals can provide detailed and accurate information on aerosol microphysical and op..

Mapping carbon monoxide pollution from space down to city scales with daily global coverage

On 13 October 2017, the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the Sentinel-5 Precursor s..

Characterization and correction of stray light in TROPOMI-SWIR

The shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectrometer module of the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI..

Characterization and correction of stray light in TROPOMI-SWIR

Methane profiles from GOSAT thermal infrared spectra

This paper discusses the retrieval of atmospheric methane profiles from the thermal infrared band of..

A full-mission data set of H₂O and HDO columns from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm reflectance measurements

A new data set of vertical column densities of the water vapour isotopologues H2O and HDO from the S..

Carbon dioxide retrieval from OCO-2 satellite observations using the RemoTeC algorithm and validation with TCCON measurements

In this study we present the retrieval of the column-averaged dry air mole fraction of carbon dioxid..

Detection of carbon monoxide pollution from cities and wildfires on regional and urban scales: the benefit of CO column retrievals from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm measurements under cloudy conditions

In the perspective of the upcoming TROPOMI Sentinel-5 Precursor carbon monoxide data product, we dis..

The impact of precipitation evaporation on the atmospheric aerosol distribution in EC-Earth v3.2.0

Performance Assessment of Balloon-Borne Trace Gas Sounding with the Terahertz Channel of TELIS

A demonstration of adjoint methods for multi-dimensional remote sensing of the atmosphere and surface

Quantification of CO emissions from the city of Madrid using MOPITT satellite retrievals and WRF simulations

The growth of mega-cities leads to air quality problems directly affecting the citizens. Satellite m..

Reduced biomass burning emissions reconcile conflicting estimates of the post-2006 atmospheric methane budget

Several viable but conflicting explanations have been proposed to explain the recent 8 p.p.b. per ye..

Combined neural network/Phillips-Tikhonov approach to aerosol retrievals over land from the NASA Research Scanning Polarimeter

MERLIN: A French-German Space Lidar Mission Dedicated to Atmospheric Methane

The MEthane Remote sensing Lidar missioN (MERLIN) aims at demonstrating the spaceborne active measur..

Global fire emissions estimates during 1997-2016

Climate, land use, and other anthropogenic and natural drivers have the potential to influence fire ..

Variability and quasi-decadal changes in the methane budget over the period 2000-2012

Following the recent Global Carbon Project (GCP) synthesis of the decadal methane (CH4) budget over ..

The CarbonTracker Data Assimilation Shell (CTDAS) v1.0: implementation and global carbon balance 2001-2015

Data assimilation systems are used increasingly to constrain the budgets of reactive and long-lived ..

Satellite-derived methane hotspot emission estimates using a fast data-driven method

Carbon monoxide column retrieval for clear-sky and cloudy atmospheres: a full-mission data set from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm reflectance measurements

Enhanced methane emissions from tropical wetlands during the 2011 La Niña

U.S. CH₄ emissions from oil and gas production: Have recent large increases been detected?

Global methane emission estimates for 2000-2012 from CarbonTracker Europe-CH₄ v1.0

Structural uncertainty in air mass factor calculation for NO₂ and HCHO satellite retrievals

Air mass factor (AMF) calculation is the largest source of uncertainty in NO2 and HCHO satellite ret..

Direct radiative effect of aerosols based on PARASOL and OMI satellite observations

Global inverse modeling of CH₄ sources and sinks: an overview of methods

The aim of this paper is to present an overview of inverse modeling methods that have been developed..

The global methane budget 2000-2012

The global methane (CH4) budget is becoming an increasingly important component for managing realist..

Multiangle photopolarimetric aerosol retrievals in the vicinity of clouds: Synthetic study based on a large eddy simulation

We investigate the effect of cloud contamination and 3-D radiative transfer effects on aerosol retri..

Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions

The operational methane retrieval algorithm for TROPOMI

Carbon monoxide total column retrievals from TROPOMI shortwave infrared measurements

Evaluation of column-averaged methane in models and TCCON with a focus on the stratosphere

The distribution of methane (CH4) in the stratosphere can be a major driver of spatial variability i..

HDO and H₂O total column retrievals from TROPOMI shortwave infrared measurements

High-resolution tropospheric carbon monoxide profiles retrieved from CrIS and TROPOMI

Methane and carbon dioxide total column retrievals from cloudy GOSAT soundings over the oceans

Inverse modeling of GOSAT-retrieved ratios of total column CH₄ and CO₂ for 2009 and 2010

This study investigates the constraint provided by greenhouse gas measurements from space on surface..

Validation of TANSO-FTS/GOSAT XCO₂ and XCH₄ glint mode retrievals using TCCON data from near-ocean sites

Influence of 3D effects on 1D aerosol retrievals in synthetic, partially clouded scenes

Can we explain the observed methane variability after the Mount Pinatubo eruption?

The CH4 growth rate in the atmosphere showed large variations after the Pinatubo eruption in June 19..

Carbon monoxide total columns from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm atmospheric reflectance measurements: towards a full-mission data product (2003-2012)

We present a full-mission data product of carbon monoxide (CO) vertical column densities using the 2..

Geostationary Emission Explorer for Europe (G3E): mission concept and initial performance assessment

The Geostationary Emission Explorer for Europe (G3E) is a concept for a geostationary satellite soun..

Validation of TANSO-FTS/GOSAT XCO₂ and XCH₄ glint mode retrievals using TCCON data from near-ocean sites

Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations Fourier Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS) ..

The direct fitting approach for total ozone column retrievals: a sensitivity study on GOME-2/MetOp-A measurements

Carbon monoxide total columns from SCIAMACHY 2.3 μm atmospheric reflectance measurements: towards a full-mission data product (2003-2012)

We present a full-mission data product of carbon monoxide (CO) vertical column densities using the 2..

Mapping spectroscopic uncertainties into prospective methane retrieval errors from Sentinel-5 and its precursor

Comparing the CarbonTracker and M5-4DVar data assimilation systems for CO₂ surface flux inversions

Data assimilation systems allow for estimating surface fluxes of greenhouse gases from atmospheric c..

Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates

The aerosol single-scattering albedo (SSA) over the global ocean is evaluated based on polarimetric ..

On the use of satellite-derived CH₄ : CO₂ columns in a joint inversion of CH₄ and CO₂ fluxes

Response of the Amazon carbon balance to the 2010 drought derived with CarbonTracker South America

Two major droughts in the past decade had large impacts on carbon exchange in the Amazon. Recent ana..

Can we explain the observed methane variability after the Mount Pinatubo eruption?

Space-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: The multi-angle spectro-polarimetric frontier

The review of optical instrumentation, forward modeling, and inverse problem solution for the polari..

Aerosol retrieval from multiangle, multispectral photopolarimetric measurements: importance of spectral range and angular resolution

An intercomparison of inverse models for estimating sources and sinks of CO₂ using GOSAT measurements

This study presents the outcome of an inverse modeling intercomparison experiment on the use of tota..

Modelling the role of fires in the terrestrial carbon balance by incorporating SPITFIRE into the global vegetation model ORCHIDEE – Part 2: Carbon emissions and the role of fires in the global carbon balance

Carbon dioxide emissions from wild and anthropogenic fires return the carbon absorbed by plants to t..

The greenhouse gas project of ESA’s climate change initiative (GHG-CCI): overview, achievements and future plans

The GHG-CCI project (http://www.esa-ghg-cci.org/) is one of several projects of the European Space A..

Sensitivity of PARASOL multi-angle photopolarimetric aerosol retrievals to cloud contamination

An important problem in satellite remote sensing of aerosols is related to the need to perform an ad..

The effect of stratospheric sulfur from Mount Pinatubo on tropospheric oxidizing capacity and methane

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 injected a large amount of SO2 into the stratosphere, which f..

Inverse modelling of CH₄ emissions for 2010-2011 using different satellite retrieval products from GOSAT and SCIAMACHY

Use of neural networks in ground-based aerosol retrievals from multi-angle spectropolarimetric observations

In this paper, the use of a neural network algorithm for the retrieval of the aerosol properties fro..

Atmospheric aerosol characterization with a ground-based SPEX spectropolarimetric instrument

LINTRAN v2.0: A linearised vector radiative transfer model for efficient simulation of satellite-born nadir-viewing reflection measurements of cloudy atmospheres

Radiance measurements of solar radiation that is backscattered by the Earth’s atmosphere or su..

Satellite-inferred European carbon sink larger than expected

Current knowledge about the European terrestrial biospheric carbon sink, from the Atlantic to the Ur..

A multiparameter aerosol classification method and its application to retrievals from spaceborne polarimetry

Classifying observed aerosols into types (e.g., urban-industrial, biomass burning, mineral dust, mar..

Contiguous polarisation spectra of the Earth from 300 to 850 nm measured by GOME-2 onboard MetOp-A

In this paper we present the first contiguous high-resolution spectra of the Earth’s polarisat..

Assimilation of atmospheric methane products into the MACC-II system: from SCIAMACHY to TANSO and IASI

The Greenhouse Gas Climate Change Initiative (GHG-CCI): comparative validation of GHG-CCI SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS/GOSAT CO₂ and CH₄ retrieval algorithm products with measurements from the TCCON

Column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide and methane have been retrieved from spectr..

Estimation of aerosol water and chemical composition from AERONET Sun-sky radiometer measurements at Cabauw, the Netherlands

Remote sensing of aerosols provides important information on atmospheric aerosol abundance. However,..

A multi-year methane inversion using SCIAMACHY, accounting for systematic errors using TCCON measurements

This study investigates the use of total column CH4 (XCH4) retrievals from the SCIAMACHY satellite i..

The impact of spectral resolution on satellite retrieval accuracy of CO₂ and CH₄

The Fourier-transform spectrometer on board the Japanese GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite..

Methane emissions from floodplains in the Amazon Basin: challenges in developing a process-based model for global applications

Insights into Tikhonov regularization: application to trace gas column retrieval and the efficient calculation of total column averaging kernels

Insights are given into Tikhonov regularization and its application to the retrieval of vertical col..

On the consistency between global and regional methane emissions inferred from SCIAMACHY, TANSO-FTS, IASI and surface measurements

Satellite retrievals of methane weighted atmospheric columns are assimilated within a Bayesian inver..

Cloud discrimination in probability density functions of limb-scattered sunlight measurements

Stable atmospheric methane in the 2000s: key-role of emissions from natural wetlands

Two atmospheric inversions (one fine-resolved and one process-discriminating) and a process-based mo..

Impact of transport model errors on the global and regional methane emissions estimated by inverse modelling

A modelling experiment has been conceived to assess the impact of transport model errors on methane ..

Comparison of CH₄ inversions based on 15 months of GOSAT and SCIAMACHY observations

Over the past decade the development of Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Cha..

Validation of two independent retrievals of SCIAMACHY water vapour columns using radiosonde data

Two independently derived SCIAMACHY total water vapour column (WVC) products are compared with integ..

Three decades of global methane sources and sinks

Global CO₂ fluxes estimated from GOSAT retrievals of total column CO₂

Using ocean-glint scattered sunlight as a diagnostic tool for satellite remote sensing of greenhouse gases

Atmospheric CH₄ in the first decade of the 21st century: Inverse modeling analysis using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals and NOAA surface measurements

Causes of renewed growth in the atmospheric CH4 burden since 2007 are still poorly understood and su..

Dynamic biomass burning emission factors and their impact on atmospheric CO mixing ratios

Biomass burning is a major source of trace gases and aerosols, influencing atmospheric chemistry and..

Impact of aerosol and thin cirrus on retrieving and validating XCO₂ from GOSAT shortwave infrared measurements

Inadequate treatment of aerosol scattering can be a significant source of error when retrieving colu..

How much CO was emitted by the 2010 fires around Moscow?

The fires around Moscow in July and August 2010 emitted a large amount of pollutants to the atmosphe..

TransCom model simulations of methane: Comparison of vertical profiles with aircraft measurements

Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space. Part 2: Algorithm intercomparison in the GOSAT data processing for CO₂ retrievals over TCCON sites

This report is the second in a series of companion papers describing the effects of atmospheric ligh..

Off-line algorithm for calculation of vertical tracer transport in the troposphere due to deep convection

A modified cumulus convection parametrisation scheme is presented. This scheme computes the mass of ..

Off-line algorithm for calculation of vertical tracer transport in the troposphere due to deep convection

A modified cumulus convection parametrisation scheme is presented. This scheme computes the mass of ..

Retrieval of subvisual cirrus cloud optical thickness from limb-scatter measurements

We present a technique for estimating the optical thickness of subvisual cirrus clouds detected by O..

Decadal record of satellite carbon monoxide observations

Atmospheric carbon monoxide (CO) distributions are controlled by anthropogenic emissions, biomass bu..

Model for land surface reflectance treatment: Physical derivation, application for bare soil and evaluation on airborne and satellite measurements

For land surfaces and atmospheric aerosol characterization on the basis of satellite and airborne me..

Natural and anthropogenic variations in methane sources during the past two millennia

Methane is an important greenhouse gas that is emitted from multiple natural and anthropogenic sourc..

Validation of six years of SCIAMACHY carbon monoxide observations using MOZAIC CO profile measurements

Interannual variability of carbon monoxide emission estimates over South America from 2006 to 2010

We present the first inverse modeling study to estimate CO emissions constrained by both surface and..

Methane airborne measurements and comparison to global models during BARCA

Tropical regions, especially the Amazon region, account for large emissions of methane (CH4). Here, ..

Aerosol information content analysis of multi-angle high spectral resolution measurements and its benefit for high accuracy greenhouse gas retrievals

New generations of space-borne spectrometers for the retrieval of atmospheric abundances of greenhou..

Effects of atmospheric light scattering on spectroscopic observations of greenhouse gases from space: Validation of PPDF-based CO₂ retrievals from GOSAT

A simple empirical model estimating atmospheric CO₂ background concentrations

CH₄, CO, and H₂O spectroscopy for the Sentinel-5 Precursor mission: an assessment with the Total Carbon Column Observing Network measurements

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) will be part of ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor (S..

Retrieval of the optical depth and vertical distribution of particulate scatterers in the atmosphere using O₂ A- and B-band SCIAMACHY observations over Kanpur: a case study

Methane retrievals from Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) shortwave infrared measurements: Performance comparison of proxy and physics retrieval algorithms

We compare two conceptually different methods for determining methane column-averaged mixing ratios ..

In-flight degradation correction of SCIAMACHY UV reflectances and Absorbing Aerosol Index

Comparing optimized CO emission estimates using MOPITT or NOAA surface network observations

This paper compares two global inversions to estimate carbon monoxide (CO) emissions for 2004. Eithe..

The seasonal cycle amplitude of total column CO₂: Factors behind the model-observation mismatch

TransCom model simulations of CH₄ and related species: linking transport, surface flux and chemical loss with CH₄ variability in the troposphere and lower stratosphere

A chemistry-transport model (CTM) intercomparison experiment (TransCom-CH4) has been designed to inv..

Ozone profiles from clear sky thermal infrared measurements of the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer: A retrieval approach accounting for thin cirrus

In this work we discuss the retrieval of ozone profiles from Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interfero..

Retrieval of stratospheric aerosol density profiles from SCIAMACHY limb radiance measurements in the O₂ A-band

In this paper we present an approach to retrieve stratospheric aerosol number densities in the altit..

TransCom satellite intercomparison experiment: Construction of a bias corrected atmospheric CO₂ climatology

Improved identification of clouds and ice/snow covered surfaces in SCIAMACHY observations

In the ultra-violet, visible and near infra-red wavelength range the presence of clouds can strongly..

Interpreting methane variations in the past two decades using measurements of CH₄ mixing ratio and isotopic composition

Aerosol properties over the ocean from PARASOL multiangle photopolarimetric measurements

In order to make full use of the capability of satellite instruments that measure intensity and pola..

Airborne DOAS limb measurements of tropospheric trace gas profiles: case studies on the profile retrieval of O₄ and BrO

Constraining global methane emissions and uptake by ecosystems

Optimizing global CO emission estimates using a four-dimensional variational data assimilation system and surface network observations

Global column-averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability

After a decade of stable or slightly decreasing global methane concentrations, ground-based in situ ..

CH₄ retrievals from space-based solar backscatter measurements: Performance evaluation against simulated aerosol and cirrus loaded scenes

Monitoring of atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations from space-based instruments such as the Scan..

Inverse modeling of European CH₄ emissions 2001-2006

European CH4 emissions are estimated for the period 2001-2006 using a four-dimensional variational (..

Evaluation of various observing systems for the global monitoring of CO₂ surface fluxes

The global chemistry transport model TM5: description and evaluation of the tropospheric chemistry version 3.0

Validation of five years (2003-2007) of SCIAMACHY CO total column measurements using ground-based spectrometer observations

This paper presents a validation study of SCanning Imaging Absorption spectroMeter for Atmospheric C..

The importance of transport model uncertainties for the estimation of CO₂ sources and sinks using satellite measurements

First ground-based FTIR observations of methane in the inner tropics over several years

Total column concentrations of methane have been retrieved from ground-based solar absorption FTIR s..

Capability of multi-viewing-angle photo-polarimetric measurements for the simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties

An important new challenge in the field of multi-angle photo-polarimetric satellite remote sensing i..