Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide are used to help answer questions about Earth's carbon cycle. There are a variety of active and planned instruments for measuring carbon dioxide in Earth's a
Artist's conception of OCO-2, the second successful high precision (better than 0.3%) CO2 observing satellite.
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, also known as Ibuki, is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse gas monitoring. It measures the densities of carbon
Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide
…a year. Since then, additional space-based measurements have begun, including those from two high-precision (better than 0.3% or 1 ppm) satellites (GOSAT and OCO-2). Different instrument designs may reflect different primary missions. There are outstanding questions in carbon cycle science that satellite…
Model of GOSAT at Tsukuba Space Center Space Dome