Anthropogenic CO2 monitoring with the Copernicus CO2M mission – Space Component
Yasjka Meijer, ESA, yasjka.meijer@esa.int (Presenter)
Erik Andersson, EC-DEFIS, erik.andersson@ec.europa.eu
Gregory Bazalgette Courreges-Lacoste, ESA, gregory.bazalgette@esa.int
Hartmut Boesch, University of Leicester, hartmut.boesch@le.ac.uk
Bojan Bojkov, EUMETSAT, bojan.bojkov@eumetsat.int
Michael Buchwitz, University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), buchwitz@uni-bremen.de
David Sanchez-Cabezudo, ESA, david.sanchez-cabezudo@esa.int
David Crisp, JPL/Caltech, david.crisp@jpl.nasa.gov
Mark Drinkwater, ESA, mark.drinkwater@esa.int
Oleg Dubovik, LOA, University of Lille, oleg.dubovik@univ-lille1.fr
Yannig Durand, ESA, yannig.durand@esa.int
Richard Engelen, ECMWF, richard.engelen@ecmwf.int
Thorsten Fehr, ESA, thorsten.fehr@esa.int
Valerie Fernandez, ESA, valerie.fernandez@esa.int
Greet Janssens-Maenhout, EC-JRC, greet.maenhout@ec.europa.eu
Denis Jouglet, CNES, denis.jouglet@cnes.fr
Gerrit Kuhlmann, EMPA, gerrit.kuhlmann@empa.ch
Antoine Lacan, EUMETSAT, antoine.lacan@eumetsat.int
Jochen Landgraf, SRON, j.landgraf@sron.nl
Ruediger Lang, EUMETSAT, ruediger.lang@eumetsat.int
Hannakaisa Lindqvist, FMI, hannakaisa.lindqvist@fmi.fi
Armin Loescher, ESA, armin.loescher@esa.int
Julia Marshall, DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), julia.marshall@dlr.de
Monica Martinez Fernandez, ESA, monica.martinez.fernandez@esa.int
Masakatsu Nakajima, JAXA, nakajima.masakatsu@jaxa.jp
Remy Perin, EUMETSAT, remy.perin@eumetsat.int
Bernard Pinty, Expert, bernardpinty@gmail.com
Vincenzo Santacesario, EUMETSAT, vincenzo.santacesaria@eumetsat.int
Bernd Sierk, ESA, bernd.sierk@esa.int
Pepijn Veefkind, KNMI, pepijn.veefkind@knmi.nl
Hugo Zunker, EC-DEFIS, hugo.zunker@ec.europa.eu
As part of the European Copernicus Programme, the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA), together with the support of EUMETSAT and ECMWF, are preparing the expansion of the first generation Copernicus Space Component to include measurements for anthropogenic CO2 emission monitoring. The greatest contribution to the increase in atmospheric CO2 comes from emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and cement production. In support of well-informed policy decisions and for assessing the effectiveness of strategies for CO2 emission reduction, uncertainties associated with current anthropogenic emission estimates at national and regional scales need to be improved.
Satellite measurements of atmospheric CO2, complemented by in-situ measurements and bottom-up inventories, will enable, by using advanced (inverse) modelling capabilities, the transparent and consistent quantitative assessment of CO2 emissions and their trends at the scale of megacities, regions, countries, and at global scale. Such a capacity will provide the European Union with a unique and independent source of information, which can be used to assess the effectiveness of policy measures, and to track their impact towards decarbonising Europe supporting the European Commission’s European Green Deal and meeting national emission reduction targets.
This presentation will provide an overview of the Copernicus CO2 Monitoring (CO2M) mission objectives, the consolidated observational requirements on CO2 and auxiliary measurement capabilities. Operational monitoring of anthropogenic emissions requires high precision CO2 observations (0.5–0.7 ppm) with, on average, weekly effective coverage at mid-latitudes. These observations will be obtained from NIR and SWIR radiance spectra at moderate spectral resolution. The measurements will be complemented by (1) aerosol observations, to minimise biases due to incorrect light path corrections, and (2) NO2 observations as tracer for high temperature combustion. Retrieval of CO2 is further facilitated by a cloud imager, to identify measurements contaminated by low clouds and high altitude cirrus. In addition, an update of activities and studies currently undertaken to prepare for the implementation of the space component will be presented.
Presentation: Talk_Meijer_16_25.pdf
Presentation Type: Talk
Session: 1.4 Results expected from future missions
Session Date: Monday (6/14) 11:15 AM