Topic 5A - Introduction To Monitoring The Atmosphere

A visualisation of polar ozone levels throughout 2016, with audio commentary from Ruediger Lang, Atmospheric Composition Scientist and Product Lead at EUMETSAT.

EUMETSAT

Animation of Sentinel-5p mapping trace gases such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and aerosols

ESA/ATG medialab

Using observations from NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2) satellite, scientists developed a model of the behavior of carbon in the atmosphere from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This is a ECMWF 2m temperature (colour shading,) and 30m winds (shown as black arrows) forecast for 2nd - 12th June 2021

ECMWF

Animation of the absolute cumulative NOx emission decline in 2020 as compared to the business-as-usual scenario, still 10 April 2020

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service/ECMWF/BSC

This animation shows the different weather patterns across the globe in 2020 as captured from space, with major storms labelled from light yellow to red depending on their intensity. The most active basin of the year was the North Atlantic, counting 30 named storms.

EUMETSAT

The Total Precipitable Water product, visualised in this animation, illustrates the average daily water vapour content in the atmosphere over the oceans throughout 2005. Importantly, the extended period of satellite observations available allow climatologists to see patterns and trends over a 20-year period.

EUMETSAT