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C-MAPExp

Overview

What was the purpose of C-MAPExp?

Neurath Power Station, plume data captured
A cluster of four power plants near
Neurath, Niederaussem, Germany.

The C‐MAPExp campaign was planned and executed to support the demonstration of CarbonSat capabilities in:

  • Quantification of “gradients” in atmospheric CO2 and CH4 from strong local greenhouse gas sources e.g. from coal‐fired power plants, localised industrial complexes, landfills, etc.
  • Derivation of CO2 and CH4 emissions from atmospheric gradient measurements.

This is addressed through the collection, processing and preliminary analysis of airborne remote sensing and airborne in‐situ data from CH4 and CO2 emitting targets of different but mostly known emission strength. Within this project, an airborne campaign combining remote sensing (RS) measurement (similar to CarbonSat) of XCO2 and XCH4 with in‐situ measurements of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 concentration as well as wind speed and direction in the boundary layer was performed in August 2012.

 

What was the outcome of C-MAPExp?

The team operated an ideal combination of methods very efficiently, and preliminary results presented in this report are better than expected, and a future campaign could build upon these experiences.

The separation of remote sensing sensors on one aircraft flying above the boundary layer and in‐situ sensors on another aircraft probing curtains in the boundary layer, is a set‐up which can be recommended for any future campaign focusing on collecting data for flux inversion (GHG and GRG).

 

Download the C-MAPExp Final Report

Campaign Summary
Data Coverage (Year)2012
Geographic SiteRhine-Ruhr Area (Germany)
Field of ApplicationAtmospheric CO2 and CH4 data
from strong local greenhouse gas sources
Data SizeMore than 50GB


Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-q4tdlvo - C-MAPExp: "Scientific and Technical Assistance for the Deployment of a flexible airborne spectrometer system during C-MAPExp."

Data

The campaign data is available online via FTPS upon submission of a data access request. An active EO Sign In account is required to submit the request.

The data can be downloaded via an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP) using the option "Implicit FTP over TLS".

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