Sentinel-5P Refernces

Sentinel-5P
  • High level introduction on S-5P mission

Tropospheric Ozone Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI)

The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) is the satellite instrument onboard the Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) satellite. S-5P is the first of the atmospheric composition Sentinels and was launched on 13 October 2017, with a planned mission duration of seven years. TROPOMI operational data have been distributed from July 2018 onwards.

TROPOMI was designed to retrieve atmospheric trace gas concentrations by measuring reflected sunlight from the Ultra Voilet (UV) through Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) spectral range. The instrument observes the Earth’s atmosphere in a swath of ~2600 km and covers the majority of the globe within a single day. Since 6 August 2019, S-5P observes at a spatial resolution of 5.5 \(\times\) 3.5 km\(^{2}\) for all spectral bands, except for the UV1 band (center wavelength 0.29 \(\mu\)m, 5.5 \(\times\) 28 km\(^{2}\)) and SWIR bands (2.3 - 2.4 \(\mu\)m, 7 \(\times\) 7 km\(^{2}\)).

S-5P TROPOMI Data products

  • NO\(_{2}\)
  • CO
  • SO\(_{2}\)
  • HCHO
  • list to be extended

Use cases

Below the following use cases are presented:

  • Australian bushfires December 2019 - January 2020
  • Integration of NO\(_{2}\) observations from TROPOMI, aircraft, and surface in the Antwerp harbour region

Australian bushfires December 2019 - January 2020

The animation below shows the daily evolution of formaldehyde (HCHO) that was emitted by the heavy Australian bushfires during December 2019 and January 2020. The first large plume was transported eastwards between XX and YY December 2019, while an even more massive plume can be seen from XX January 2020 onwards.

insert the animated GIF based on the HCHO files from BIRA, extend the description. Maybe also include the CALIOP aersol layer height in the stratosphere?

Integration of NO\(_{2}\) observations from TROPOMI, aircraft, and surface in the Antwerp harbour region

insert plots with separate and integrated NO_\({2}\) observations over region.

Further reading

  • list of reference documentation, links to ATBDs and VRs of the disseminated products etc.
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