Fire carbon emission constraints from space-based carbon monoxide retrievals during the  2019 intense burning season in Brazil

van den Berg, Anne-Wil; Hooghiem, Joram J. D.; van der Woude, Auke M.; Rijsdijk, Pieter; Vernooij, Roland; Botía, Santiago; van der Werf, Guido R.; Miller, John B.; Luijkx, Ingrid T.; Krol, Maarten C.; Peters, Wouter

doi:10.5194/acp-26-13929-2026

Articles | Volume 26, issue 19

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-13929-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-13929-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 26, issue 19

Research article

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06 Oct 2026

Research article |

| 06 Oct 2026

Fire carbon emission constraints from space-based carbon monoxide retrievals during the 2019 intense burning season in Brazil

Anne-Wil van den Berg, Joram J. D. Hooghiem, Auke M. van der Woude, Pieter Rijsdijk, Roland Vernooij, Santiago Botía, Guido R. van der Werf, John B. Miller, Ingrid T. Luijkx, Maarten C. Krol, and Wouter Peters

Data sets

Posterior fire emissions and model code for the CO inversion study on the 2019 Amazonia fires Anne-Wil van den Berg https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17881657

Model code and software

Posterior fire emissions and model code for the CO inversion study on the 2019 Amazonia fires Anne-Wil van den Berg https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17881657

Short summary

We estimate 2019 Brazilian fire carbon monoxide (CO) emissions using CO retrievals from multiple satellites in a new top-down inversion framework. The retrievals strongly constrain fire emissions and complement existing inventories. National-scale posterior emissions align well with the new Global Fire Emissions Database v5.1, supporting progress in fire emission models. Yet, posterior emissions in the Cerrado and Caatinga are systematically higher than inventories; we discuss potential drivers.