Monitoring atmospheric composition & climate
 
 
Derived Global and Regional Products

The derived global and regional products comprise:

  • gridded fluxes of CO2 and CH4, at weekly resolution for CO2 and monthly resolution for CH4, at a horizontal resolution of at least 4 degrees longitude by 3 degrees latitude for CO2, and 6 degrees longitude by 4 degrees latitude for CH4, to be provided at six months’ delay;
  • aerosol source/sink inversions and climate forcing;
  • routine production of the AEROCOM service using aerosol analysis and forecasts from the global aerosol production;
  • dust monitoring and forecasting, and retrospective analyses for use in studies of meningitis epidemics;
  • pre-operational version of a web-oriented warning and information system for health impacts of poor air quality, based on MACC forecasts;
  • graphical presentation of the origin of predicted pollution episodes;
  • source-allocated forecasts of regional air quality episodes;
  • reanalyses of past air quality episodes;
  • toolbox and library of test cases for air quality emergency scenarios.

MACC also works on the application of primary data products to improve the databases underlying the pre-existing SOLEMI and SoDa solar-energy services, and deliver validation reports and user guides about the products of these services. The SOLEMI service (http://www.solemi.de/, operated by MACC partner DLR) and the HelioClim database accessible via the SoDa data portal service (http://www.soda-is.com, operated by MACC partner ARMINES) are envisaged to become elements of the post-MACC operational core GMES Atmospheric Service.

Products are listed here. Specifications are under development.