The GLYRETRO activity is one of the seven themes from the ESA S5p innovation (S5p+I) project, which aims at further exploiting the capability of the S5p/TROPOMI instrument with the development of a number of new scientific products.
The project, proposed by both the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy and the Institute of Environmental Physics at the University of Bremen, started on 1 July 2019 and ran for 2 years.
The objectives were to:
- develop a scientific glyoxal (CHOCHO) tropospheric column product,
- collect independent data sets in order to validate the satellite observations,
- pave the way towards an operationalization of the developed S5p glyoxal product and
- demonstrate the added-value of the S5p glyoxal product for the user community.
The project produced a TROPOMI Glyoxal dataset for the years 2018-2022 (Lerot, C. & Danckaert, T. (2021). TROPOMI glyoxal tropospheric columns (Version V4) [Data set]. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. https://doi.org/10.18758/71021069).
The glyoxal retrieval algorithm developed within the project was transferred to the ESA S5P-PAL system, and a continuously updated glyoxal dataset spanning the entire S5p mission time is available at CHOCHO product on the S5P-PAL Data Portal.
For more information on the project, contact Thomas Danckaert.
