TROPESS TCR-2: Monthly Biomass Burning CO Emissions

From 2005 to 2021, this dataset provides monthly carbon monoxide emissions from biomass burning sources. It is part of the Tropospheric Chemical Reanalysis v2 (TCR-2), produced using JPL's MOMO-Chem data assimilation framework that optimizes concentrations and emissions from multiple satellite sensors. Data are provided as netCDF files with a spatial resolution of 1.125 x 1.125 degrees.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in biomass burning emissions over a 17-year period.
• Mapping the spatial distribution of carbon monoxide sources at a 1.125-degree resolution.
• Validating or improving chemical transport models using assimilated satellite data.
• Studying seasonal and interannual variability in fire-related pollution.
• Assessing the contribution of biomass burning to global tropospheric carbon monoxide budgets.

Strengths

• Provides a 17-year continuous time series (2005-2021) for longitudinal analysis.
• Uses a sophisticated multi-species, multi-sensor data assimilation framework (MOMO-Chem) for estimation.
• Offers a consistent global spatial grid at 1.125 x 1.125 degrees.
• Is available on multiple authoritative platforms (NASA Earthdata and Data.gov), indicating curation and importance.

Limitations

• Column names and detailed variable metadata are not provided in the available descriptions.
• The exact data volume (row count, file size) is unknown across all sources.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without further details.

Provenance

Source

Tropospheric Chemical Reanalysis v2 (TCR-2) project, Principal Investigator Kazuyuki Miyazaki, hosted by GES_DISC.

Collection Method

Data assimilation using JPL's Multi-mOdel Multi-cOnstituent Chemical (MOMO-Chem) framework from multiple satellite sensors.

Time Range

2005-2021

Freshness

2026-04-09 21:37:27.820393

Geography

Global, with a 1.125 x 1.125 degree grid.