Towards monitoring localized CO2 emissions from space: co-located regional CO2 and NO2 enhancements observed by the OCO-2 and S5P satellites

Reuter, Maximilian; Buchwitz, Michael; Schneising, Oliver; Krautwurst, Sven; O'Dell, Christopher W.; Richter, Andreas; Bovensmann, Heinrich; Burrows, John P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9371-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9371-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-9371-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 14

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22 Jul 2019

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Towards monitoring localized CO₂ emissions from space: co-located regional CO₂ and NO₂ enhancements observed by the OCO-2 and S5P satellites

Maximilian Reuter, Michael Buchwitz, Oliver Schneising, Sven Krautwurst, Christopher W. O'Dell, Andreas Richter, Heinrich Bovensmann, and John P. Burrows

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Re: RC1', Maximilian Reuter, 29 May 2019
RC2: 'Review of Reuter et al.', Ray Nassar, 19 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Re: RC2', Maximilian Reuter, 29 May 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Maximilian Reuter on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Jun 2019) by Michel Van Roozendael

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Jun 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 Jun 2019) by Michel Van Roozendael

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (20 Jun 2019) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (01 Jul 2019) by Michel Van Roozendael

Short summary

The quantification of anthropogenic emissions with current CO₂ satellite sensors is difficult, but NO₂ is co-emitted, making it a suitable tracer of recently emitted CO₂. We analyze enhancements of CO₂ and NO₂ observed by OCO-2 and S5P and estimate the CO₂ plume cross-sectional fluxes that we compare with emission databases. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of simultaneous satellite observations of CO₂ and NO₂ as envisaged for the European Copernicus anthropogenic CO₂ monitoring mission