Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2887-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-2887-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Research article
 | 
03 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 03 Jun 2020

Towards spaceborne monitoring of localized CO2 emissions: an instrument concept and first performance assessment

Johan Strandgren, David Krutz, Jonas Wilzewski, Carsten Paproth, Ilse Sebastian, Kevin R. Gurney, Jianming Liang, Anke Roiger, and André Butz

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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.
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