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LSA SAF Meteosat FRP products – Part 1: Algorithms, product contents, and analysis
M. J. Wooster
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), UK
G. Roberts
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
P. H. Freeborn
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
Fire Sciences Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Research Station, US Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, USA
W. Xu
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
Y. Govaerts
Rayference, Brussels, Belgium
R. Beeby
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
J. He
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
A. Lattanzio
MakaluMedia, Darmstadt, Germany
D. Fisher
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), UK
R. Mullen
King's College London, Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Research Group, Department of Geography , Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK
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This paper is intended to accomplish two goals: 1) describe a new algorithm by which remotely sensed measurements of methane or other tracers can be used to not just quantify methane fluxes, but also attribute these fluxes to specific sources and regions and characterize their uncertainties, and 2) use this new algorithm to provide methane emissions by sector and country in support of the global stock take.
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 10687–10705, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10687-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10687-2020, 2020
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With strong public concern regarding air pollution problems in eastern China, where megacities like Beijing and Shanghai are located, smoke from agricultural fires burning during the post-harvest season has been blamed as one of the major causes. This research uses advanced satellite remote sensing data and methods to estimate the smoke emissions from agricultural fires in eastern China. Up to a 22 % contribution to PM2.5 was found during extreme cases.
Jonathan E. Hickman, Enrico Dammers, Corinne Galy-Lacaux, and Guido R. van der Werf
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 16713–16727, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16713-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16713-2018, 2018
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Ammonia gas, which contributes to air pollution, is emitted from soils and combustion. In regions with distinct dry and rainy seasons, the first rainfall events each year trigger biogeochemical activity in soils. We used satellite observations of the atmosphere over the African Sahel savanna ecosystem to show that increases in soil moisture at the onset of the rainy season are responsible for large pulsed emissions of ammonia equal to roughly a fifth of annual ammonia emissions from the region
G. Roberts, M. J. Wooster, W. Xu, P. H. Freeborn, J.-J. Morcrette, L. Jones, A. Benedetti, H. Jiangping, D. Fisher, and J. W. Kaiser
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13241–13267, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13241-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13241-2015, 2015
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Characterising the dynamics of wildfires at high temporal resolution is best achieved using observations from geostationary satellite sensors. The SEVIRI Fire Radiative Power (FRP) products have been developed using such imagery at up to 15-minute temporal frequency. These data are used to estimate wildfire fuel consumption and to the characterise smoke emissions from the 2007 Peloponnese "mega fires" within an atmospheric transport model.
G. R. van der Werf, J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, G. J. Collatz, M. Mu, P. S. Kasibhatla, D. C. Morton, R. S. DeFries, Y. Jin, and T. T. van Leeuwen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 11707–11735, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11707-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-11707-2010, 2010
R. C. Hudman, A. R. Russell, L. C. Valin, and R. C. Cohen
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 9943–9952, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-9943-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-9943-2010, 2010
D. Chang and Y. Song
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2335–2351, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-2335-2010, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-10-2335-2010, 2010
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Landscape fires strongly influence atmospheric chemistry, composition, and climate. Characterizing such fires at very high temporal resolution is best achieved using thermal observations of actively burning fires made from geostationary Earth Observation satellites. Here we detail the Fire Radiative Power (FRP) products generated by the Land Surface Analysis Satellite Applications Facility (LSA SAF) from data collected by the Meteosat geostationary satellites.
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