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Scalable Tracking of CO2 Emissions: A Global Analysis with Satellite Data

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dc.contributor.authorDasgupta, Susmita
dc.contributor.authorLall, Somik
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, David
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-13T23:14:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T15:52:16Z
dc.date.available2023-02-13T23:14:07Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T15:52:16Z
dc.date.issued2023-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper extends recent research on satellite-based carbon dioxide measurement to an easily updated template for tracking changes in carbon dioxide concentrations at local and regional scales. Using data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite platform and a large sample of urban areas, a comparison of trend estimation models suggests that the template can use a simple model that estimates trends directly from satellite data pre-filtered to isolate local concentration anomalies. Illustrative applications are developed for a long-period trend model and a short-period model focused on change in the most recent year. In addition, the paper estimates carbon dioxide emissions for thousands of urban areas and identifies cities whose emissions performance is above or below expectation. Although the tracking model is “simple,” it requires software and hardware that are beyond the means of many interested stakeholders. For this reason, the World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency has established an open web facility that pre-filters data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2satellite and publishes monthly mean concentration anomalies for all terrestrial cells of a 25-kilometer global grid. The website will also publish annual carbon dioxide tracking reports for urban areas and provide information that links the 25-kilometer global grid cell IDs to IDs for urban areas and national administrative units (levels 0, 1, and 2).en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451002072317154/IDU0621a0ff30676804fa80a8c8057614023b215
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10297
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/39412
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers;10297
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectLOCAL AND REGIONAL CO2 TRACKING
dc.subjectCO2 EMISSIONS
dc.subjectOCO-2
dc.subjectURBAN POLLUTION
dc.subjectURBAN EMISSIONS TRACKING
dc.subjectSATELLITE-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT
dc.titleScalable Tracking of CO2 Emissionsen
dc.title.subtitleA Global Analysis with Satellite Dataen
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dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleScalable Tracking of CO2 Emissions: A Global Analysis with Satellite Data
okr.date.disclosure2023-02-07
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:21:53.032831Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-02-07T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeWorking Papers
okr.doctypeWorking Papers::Policy Research Working Papers
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451002072317154/IDU0621a0ff30676804fa80a8c8057614023b215
okr.guid099451002072317154
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10297
okr.identifier.externaldocumentumIDU-621a0ff3-6768-4fa8-a8c8-57614023b215
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33997201
okr.identifier.reportWPS10297
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099451002072317154/pdf/IDU0621a0ff30676804fa80a8c8057614023b215.pdfen
okr.topicEnvironment::Air Quality & Clean Air
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Governance
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Information Systems
okr.topicEnvironment::Pollution Management & Control
okr.topicLaw and Development::Environmental & Natural Resources Law
okr.unitDEC-Sustainability & Infrastruct (DECSI)
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