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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2887-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2887-2020
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Research article
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03 Jun 2020
Research article |
| 03 Jun 2020
| 03 Jun 2020
Towards spaceborne monitoring of localized CO2 emissions: an instrument concept and first performance assessment
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
David Krutz
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Optische Sensorsysteme, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
Jonas Wilzewski
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Meteorological Institute Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Carsten Paproth
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Optische Sensorsysteme, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
Ilse Sebastian
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Optische Sensorsysteme, Berlin-Adlershof, Germany
Kevin R. Gurney
School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Jianming Liang
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Anke Roiger
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für
Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
André Butz
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Quantitative imaging of carbon dioxide plumes using a ground-based shortwave infrared spectral camera M. Knapp et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2257-2024
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Short summary
This paper presents the concept of a spaceborne imaging spectrometer targeting the routine monitoring of CO2 emissions from localized point sources down to an emission strength of about 1 Mt CO2 yr-1. Using high-resolution CO2 emission and albedo data, it is shown that CO2 plumes from point sources with an emission strength down to the order of 0.3 Mt CO2 yr-1 can be resolved in an urban environment (when limited by instrument noise only), hence leaving significant margin for additional errors.
This paper presents the concept of a spaceborne imaging spectrometer targeting the routine...
