Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Technical note: The CAMS greenhouse gas reanalysis from 2003 to 2020

  • Anna Agustí-Panareda
  • , Jérome Barré
  • , Sébastien Massart
  • , Antje Inness
  • , Ilse Aben
  • , Melanie Ades
  • , Bianca C. Baier
  • , Gianpaolo Balsamo
  • , Tobias Borsdorff
  • , Nicolas Bousserez
  • , Souhail Boussetta
  • , Michael Buchwitz
  • , Luca Cantarello
  • , Cyril Crevoisier
  • , Richard Engelen
  • , Henk Eskes
  • , Johannes Flemming
  • , Sébastien Garrigues
  • , Otto Hasekamp
  • , Vincent Huijnen
  • Luke Jones, Zak Kipling, Bavo Langerock, Joe Mcnorton, Nicolas Meilhac, Stefan Noël, Mark Parrington, Vincent Henri Peuch, Michel Ramonet, Miha Razinger, Maximilian Reuter, Roberto Ribas, Martin Suttie, Colm Sweeney, Jérome Tarniewicz, Lianghai Wu
  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • SRON - Netherlands Institute for Space Research
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • University of Bremen
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological I.
  • Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
  • Université Pierre et Marie Curie
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • VITO

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has recently produced a greenhouse gas reanalysis (version egg4) that covers almost 2 decades from 2003 to 2020 and which will be extended in the future. This reanalysis dataset includes carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). The reanalysis procedure combines model data with satellite data into a globally complete and consistent dataset using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts' Integrated Forecasting System (IFS). This dataset has been carefully evaluated against independent observations to ensure validity and to point out deficiencies to the user. The greenhouse gas reanalysis can be used to examine the impact of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations on climate change (such as global and regional climate radiative forcing), assess intercontinental transport, and serve as boundary conditions for regional simulations, among other applications and scientific uses. The caveats associated with changes in assimilated observations and fixed underlying emissions are highlighted, as is their impact on the estimation of trends and annual growth rates of these long-lived greenhouse gases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3829-3859
Number of pages31
JournalAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Volume23
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Mar 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Technical note: The CAMS greenhouse gas reanalysis from 2003 to 2020'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this