Sentinel-5P L2 CH4
Methane (CH4) is, after carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important contributor to the anthropogenically enhanced greenhouse effect. Roughly three-quarters of methane emissions are anthropogenic and as such it is important to continue the record of satellite based measurements.
TROPOMI aims at providing CH4 column concentrations with high sensitivity to the Earth’s surface, good spatiotemporal coverage, and sufficient accuracy to facilitate inverse modeling of sources and sinks. TROPOMI uses absorption information from the Oxygen-A Band (760nm) and the SWIR spectral range to monitor CH4 abundances in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Data from the GOSAT satellite instrument and ground-based TCCON instruments are used for verification and validation. Currently methane is a land-only data product available in the OFFL data stream. Shown is an image of the monthly average methane from June 2021.
Availability
- Germany: 2017-10 - now
- Europe: 2017-10 - now
- Global: 2017-10 - now
Usage requirements
There are certain requirements that must be met for use. Some data or services require an individual application. For more information, please contact CODE-DE Support.
| Required? | Remark | |
| Registration on CODE-DE | No | --- |
| Cloud resources on CODE-DE | No | --- |
| Individual request | No | --- |
Access
Depending on the environment and the intended use, there are several ways to access the data:
- EO Browser: Sentinel-5P
- Data Explorer:
- Data Catalogue: CODE-DE
- Path to repository on a Virtual Machine:
- /codede/Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI/L2__CH4___
- /eodata/Sentinel-5P/TROPOMI/L2__CH4___
More information
Further information on this product can also be found on the following external pages:
Terms of use
Use of the product is subject to the following terms of use:
