Satellite-derived anthropogenic VOC emission estimates based on GOME-2 HCHO observations (2007-2011)

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Using satellite columns of HCHO retrieved from the GOME-2/MetOp-A sensor (De Smedt et al. 2012) over 2007-2012 as constraints in the IMAGESv2 chemistry-transport model (Stavrakou et al. 2014), we derive satellite-based estimates of fire emissions on a monthly basis. These emissions are available on monthly basis at 0.25° resolution.

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Acknowledgements

The development of this dataset was made possible by the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) through the GlobEmission project (2011-2016): Visit the web portal of the GlobEmission project for more information.

References

Stavrakou, T., J.-F. Müller, M. Bauwens, I. De Smedt, M. Van Roozendael, A. Guenther, M. Wild, and X. Xia, Isoprene emissions over Asia 1979-2012 : impact of climate and land use changes, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 4587-4605, 2014 [pdf]

De Smedt, I., M. Van Roozendael, T. Stavrakou, J.-F. Müller, C. Lerot, N. Theys, P. Valks, N. Hao, and R. van der A, Improved retrieval of global tropospheric formaldehyde columns from GOME-2/MetOp-A addressing noise reduction and instrumental degradation issues, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5,  2933-2949, 2012 [pdf]