Satellite-derived isoprene emission estimates based on OMI HCHO (2005-2014)

 

About the data

Using global satellite columns of HCHO retrieved from the OMI sensor (De Smedt et al. 2015) over 2005-2014 as constraints in the IMAGESv2 chemistry-transport model (cf. Stavrakou et al. 2015) for details on the model), we derive satellite-based estimates of isoprene on a monthly basis.

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These emissions are here available in NetCDF format in 0.5x0.5° monthly or daily resolution

Monthly isoprene emissions:

 

Daily isoprene emissions:

 

Additional information

The table below summarizes the interannual variation for the OMI-based isoprene emssions over 9 big regions.

Isop_table

 

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.

 

Dataset citation

Bauwens, M., Stavrakou, T., Müller, J.-F., De Smedt, I., Van Roozendael, M., van der Werf,, G. R., Wiedinmyer, C., Kaiser, J., Sindelarova, K., and Guenther, A.: Nine years of global hydrocarbon emissions based on source inversion of OMI formaldehyde observations, accepted in Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-221, 2016 [Abstract][pdf][Supplement].

 

References:

Bauwens, M., Stavrakou, T., Müller, J.-F., De Smedt, I., Van Roozendael, M., van der Werf,, G. R., Wiedinmyer, C., Kaiser, J., Sindelarova, K., and Guenther, A.: Nine years of global hydrocarbon emissions based on source inversion of OMI formaldehyde observations, accepted in Atmos. Chem. Phys., doi:10.5194/acp-2016-221, 2016 [Abstract][pdf][Supplement].

Stavrakou, T., J.-F. Müller, M. Bauwens, I. De Smedt, M. Van Roozendael, M. De Mazière, C. Vigouroux, F. Hendrick, M. George, C. Clearbaux, P.-F. Coheur, and A. Guenther, How consistent are top-down hydrocarbon emissions based on formaldehyde observations from GOME-2 and OMI? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 12007-12067, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-12007-2015, 2015. [Discussion][pdf]

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