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View article: Global VOC emissions quantified from inversion of TROPOMI spaceborne formaldehyde and glyoxal data
Global VOC emissions quantified from inversion of TROPOMI spaceborne formaldehyde and glyoxal data Open
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are key precursors of tropospheric ozone and secondary organic aerosols, a major component of PM2.5, and several aromatic VOCs are toxic. Glyoxal is a short-lived oxidation product of many VOCs, yet global…
View article: Enhanced characterization of SO <sub>2</sub> plume height and column density using the second UV spectral band of TROPOMI
Enhanced characterization of SO <sub>2</sub> plume height and column density using the second UV spectral band of TROPOMI Open
Volcanic emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) affect the environment, climate, and society. Their detection and quantification rely extensively on remote sensing techniques, which are used to track SO2 and monitor volcanic activity worldwide.…
View article: Enhanced TROPOMI SO2 height and density retrievals applied to eruptions in 2023-2024
Enhanced TROPOMI SO2 height and density retrievals applied to eruptions in 2023-2024 Open
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from volcanic activity have significant impacts on human health, society, aviation, and atmospheric composition in general. While nadir-viewing satellites have delivered decades of valuable information on the…
View article: First evaluation of the GEMS glyoxal products against TROPOMI and ground-based measurements
First evaluation of the GEMS glyoxal products against TROPOMI and ground-based measurements Open
The Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) on board the GEO-KOMPSAT-2B satellite is the first geostationary satellite launched to monitor the environment. GEMS conducts hourly measurements during the day over eastern and …
View article: Assessment of TROPOMI HCHO Vertical Columns: evaluating the use of CAMS vertical profiles and new TROPOMI surface albedo climatologies for air mass factor determination
Assessment of TROPOMI HCHO Vertical Columns: evaluating the use of CAMS vertical profiles and new TROPOMI surface albedo climatologies for air mass factor determination Open
The ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Ozone and Aerosols Precursors project is developing long-term climate data records (CDRs) of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Precursors for Aerosol and Ozone Essential Climate Variables. T…
View article: Establishing a reference tool for ecosystem accounting in Europe, based on the INCA methodology
Establishing a reference tool for ecosystem accounting in Europe, based on the INCA methodology Open
The European Commission developed an amendment to Regulation 691/2011 on European environmental economic accounts to include reporting on ecosystem accounts compliant to the United Nations Statistical Commission System of Environmental-Eco…
View article: Flood4castRTF: A Real-Time Urban Flood Forecasting Model
Flood4castRTF: A Real-Time Urban Flood Forecasting Model Open
Worldwide, climate change increases the frequency and intensity of heavy rainstorms. The increasing severity of consequent floods has major socio-economic impacts, especially in urban environments. Urban flood modelling supports the assess…
View article: Algorithm theoretical baseline for formaldehyde retrievals from S5P TROPOMI and from the QA4ECV project
Algorithm theoretical baseline for formaldehyde retrievals from S5P TROPOMI and from the QA4ECV project Open
On board the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) platform, the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) is a double-channel, nadir-viewing grating spectrometer measuring solar back-scattered earthshine radiances in the ultraviolet, v…
View article: Quality assessment of the Ozone_cci Climate Research Data Package (release 2017) – Part 1: Ground-based validation of total ozone column data products
Quality assessment of the Ozone_cci Climate Research Data Package (release 2017) – Part 1: Ground-based validation of total ozone column data products Open
The GOME-type Total Ozone Essential Climate Variable (GTO-ECV) is a level-3 data record, which combines individual sensor products into one single cohesive record covering the 22-year period from 1995 to 2016, generated in the frame of the…
View article: Algorithm Theoretical Baseline for formaldehyde retrievals from S5P TROPOMI and from the QA4ECV project
Algorithm Theoretical Baseline for formaldehyde retrievals from S5P TROPOMI and from the QA4ECV project Open
On board of the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S5P) platform, the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) is a double channel nadir-viewing grating spectrometer measuring solar back-scattered earthshine radiances in the ultraviolet,…
View article: Quality assessment of the Ozone_cci Climate Research Data Package (release 2017): 1. Ground-based validation of total ozone column data products
Quality assessment of the Ozone_cci Climate Research Data Package (release 2017): 1. Ground-based validation of total ozone column data products Open
The GOME-type Total Ozone Essential Climate Variable (GTO-ECV) is a Level-3 data record, which combines individual sensor products into one single cohesive record covering the 22 year period from 1995 to 2017, generated in the frame of the…
View article: High-resolution mapping of the NO <sub>2</sub> spatial distribution over Belgian urban areas based on airborne APEX remote sensing
High-resolution mapping of the NO <sub>2</sub> spatial distribution over Belgian urban areas based on airborne APEX remote sensing Open
We present retrieval results of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column densities (VCDs), mapped at high spatial resolution over three Belgian cities, based on the DOAS analysis of Airborne Prism EXperiment (APEX) observations.…
View article: Sulfur dioxide retrievals from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor: algorithm theoretical basis
Sulfur dioxide retrievals from TROPOMI onboard Sentinel-5 Precursor: algorithm theoretical basis Open
The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) platform will measure ultraviolet earthshine radiances at high spectral and improved spatial resolution (pixel size of 7 km × 3.5 km at nad…
View article: High resolution mapping of the NO <sub>2</sub> spatial distribution over Belgian urban areas based on airborne APEX remote sensing
High resolution mapping of the NO <sub>2</sub> spatial distribution over Belgian urban areas based on airborne APEX remote sensing Open
We present retrieval results of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) vertical column densities (VCDs), mapped at high spatial resolution over three Belgian cities, based on the DOAS analysis of Airborne Prism EXperiment (APEX) observations.…
View article: Diurnal, seasonal and long-term variations of global formaldehyde columns inferred from combined OMI and GOME-2 observations
Diurnal, seasonal and long-term variations of global formaldehyde columns inferred from combined OMI and GOME-2 observations Open
We present the new version (v14) of the BIRA-IASB algorithm for the retrieval of formaldehyde (H2CO) columns from spaceborne UV–visible sensors. Applied to OMI measurements from Aura and to GOME-2 measurements from MetOp-A and MetOp-B, thi…
View article: Extension of the ESA CCI Total Ozone Climate Data Record with the Application of the GODFITv3 Algorithm to OMI Observations
Extension of the ESA CCI Total Ozone Climate Data Record with the Application of the GODFITv3 Algorithm to OMI Observations Open
One of the great achievements of the first phase of the ESA Ozone Climate Change Initiative has been the release of new level-2 total ozone data sets from GOME, SCIAMACHY and GOME-2/Metop-A reprocessed with the latest GODFIT-3 algorithm. T…
View article: Diurnal, seasonal and long-term variations of global formaldehyde columns inferred from combined OMI and GOME-2 observations
Diurnal, seasonal and long-term variations of global formaldehyde columns inferred from combined OMI and GOME-2 observations Open
We present the new version (v14) of the BIRA-IASB algorithm for the retrieval of formaldehyde (H2CO) columns from spaceborne UV-Visible sensors. Applied to OMI measurements from Aura and to GOME-2 measurements from MetOp-A and B, this algo…
View article: Sulfur dioxide vertical column DOAS retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Global observations and comparison to ground‐based and satellite data
Sulfur dioxide vertical column DOAS retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Global observations and comparison to ground‐based and satellite data Open
We present a new data set of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) vertical columns from observations of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)/AURA instrument between 2004 and 2013. The retrieval algorithm used is an advanced Differential Optical Absorpt…