1. TROPOMI on Sentinel 5 Precursor Peter van Velthoven, on behalf of: Pepijn Veefkind, Ilse Aben, Quintus Kleipool, Pieternel Levelt, & the TROPOMI team Veefkind@knmi.nl

3. The ESA Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) is a pre-operational mission focussing on global observations of the atmospheric composition for air quality and climate. The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) is the payload of the S-5P mission and is jointly developed by The Netherlands and ESA. The planned launch date for S-5P is 2016 with a 7 year design lifetime. sentinel-5 precursor COPERNICUS/GMES ATMOSPHERE MISSION IN POLAR ORBIT ‣ UV-VIS-NIR-SWIR nadir view grating spectrometer. ‣ Spectral range: 270-500, 675-775, 2305-2385 nm ‣ Spectral Resolution: 0.25- 1.1 nm ‣ Spatial Resolution: 7x7km 2 ‣ Global daily coverage at 13:30 local solar time. TROPOMI ‣ Total column O 3, NO 2, CO, SO 2,CH 4, CH 2 O,H 2 O,BrO ‣ Tropospheric column O 3, NO 2 ‣ O 3 profile ‣ Aerosol absorbing index, type, optical depth CONTRIBUTION TO GMES CONTRIBUTION TO GMES

4. TROPOMI Science Objectives To better constrain the strength, evolution, and spatiotemporal variability of the sources of trace gases and aerosols impacting air quality and climate. To improve upon the attribution of climate forcing by a better understanding of the processes controlling the lifetime and distribution of methane, tropospheric ozone, and aerosols. To better estimate long-term trends in the troposphere related to air quality and climate from the regional to the global scale. To develop and improve air quality model processes and data assimilation in support of operational services including air quality forecasting and protocol monitoring.

5. Long Term Monitoring

6. gems | tempo 2015-2022 daily global coverage 2015-2022 2017 -... hourly over SE - ASIA 2017 -... hourly over SE - ASIA 2019 - ~2030 hourly over Europe 2019 - ~2030 hourly over Europe 2017 -... hourly over N- America 2017 -... hourly over N- America

7. Suomi-NPP - S5P formation Flying S-5P is planned to observe within 5 min. of Suomi-NPP. Primary goal is to use VIIRS cloud mask for S-5P methane observations. Other opportunities: ‣ TROPOMI-VIIRS cloud and aerosol combined products. ‣ TROPOMI-OMPS-CRIS ozone profiles. ‣ TROPOMI-OMPS inter- calibration. Genkova et al., AMT, 2012

8. Calibration KNMI / SRON Dutch Space / TNO Level 0-1B KNMI Level 1-2 KNMI, SRON, DLR, IUP- Bremen BIRA-IASB, MPI Mainz, RAL Operations KNMI, ESOC Ground Segment DLR Validation ESA, KNMI, SRON,...

9. TROPOMI Status I-CDR successfully completed Modules are being assembled Start of calibration: Summer 2014 Instrument delivery: beginning 2015 Planned launch date: Q1 2016

12. Performance Overview

13. 6x higher spatial resolution 7x7 km 2 vs. 13x24 km 2 1-5x higher signal-to- noise Variable binning scheme better cloud information from the oxygen A+B bands CO and CH 4 observations from the SWIR band Data rate ~20x OMI From OMI to TROPOMI

15. GOME-SCIAMACHY-OMI PROTOTYPE TROPOMI L2 PRODUCTS OPERATIONAL SW VERIFICATION L2 Working Group KNMI | DLR | IUP-Bremen | BIRA | SRON | MPIC | RAL

16. CO Trop O 3 AAI CH 4 O 3 profile NO 2 SO 2 O 3 column Clouds CH 2 O

17. Validation AO ESA is planning an announcement of opportunity for TROPOMI/S5P Approved projects can have access to early L1B and L2 products. The eAO is expected to be released in May 2014. https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/ao-s https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/pi-community/apply-for-data/ao-s

18. Summary & Outlook TROPOMI will be a major step forward for atmospheric composition observations due to improved spatial resolution & sensitivity. The high spatial resolution provides new opportunities, while at the same time being challenging for the Level 2 product development. Sentinel 5 Precursor will connect to the geostationary missions providing in-flight CAL/VAL and inter-comparison opportunities. AOTHCHO NO 2 SO 2 veefkind@knmi.nl www.tropomi.eu www.temis.nl www.knmi.nl/omi http://www.esa.int/esaL P

19. The Role of TROPOMI in the GEO Constellation Open data policy, including L1B data. Harmonize L1B and L2 formats to easily exchange data. Use similar on-ground calibration standards and exchange in-flight CAL/VAL procedures. Harmonize L1-2 algorithms as far as practically possible (e.g. cross sections, DEM, AMF LUTs)

20. OMI Lessons Learned CCD in NIMO mode and at ~220K because of random telegraph signals (RTS). No MLI close to the primary mirror field of view [row anomaly]. Improve the image quality of the polarization scrambler (Req. pol. sens. 0.5%) Two identical QVD solar diffusers measuring over the first mirror. No channel breaks around 300 nm. Optical bench temperature stabilized. One-team approach to L01b, on-ground calibration and in-flight calibration. - many more -

21. TROPOMI Data Product Development Ambition: To develop operational TROPOMI data products that meet the user requirements are state-of-science have reliable and well-described quality have open access and are easy to use contribute to long-term data records are continuously evaluated and improved are of reasonable quality within 3 (TBC) months after commissioning