Articles | Volume 19, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4617-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4617-2026
Research article
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16 Jul 2026
Research article |  | 16 Jul 2026

TANGO CO2 and NO2 observations: synergistic usage to improve emission quantification and characterize atmospheric chemistry

Tobias Borsdorff, Maarten Krol, Pepijn Veefkind, and Jochen Landgraf

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microHH large-eddy simulation data of reactive CO2 and NO2 plumes from an idealized industrial point source for four emission strengths (1.0) T. Borsdorff et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20624504

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Short summary
Industrial facilities release carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. The Twin Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Observers (TANGO) mission, launching in 2028, will monitor both gases from ten thousand facilities per year using two satellites. We studied whether combining both improves carbon dioxide emission estimates and reveals plume chemistry. While this produces cleaner carbon dioxide images, precision does not improve as noise is redistributed not eliminated. Their ratio captures how nitrogen oxide converts to nitrogen dioxide within plumes.
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