Remote sensing of greenhouse gases, air pollutants and aerosols in Amazonia.

• Grant number: 21/13610-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2022
• End date: July 09, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Agreement: BG E&P Brasil (Shell Group)
• Principal Investigator: Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado
• Grantee: Marco Aurélio de Menezes Franco
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Company: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP)
• Associated research grant: 20/15230-5 - Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation - RCG2I, AP.PCPE

Abstract

This project intends to evaluate the time-evolution of greenhouse gases (GHG) and how convection interact and modify GHG. The basic steps are the compilation of historical GHG dataset from different satellite database. There is a clear evolution on satellite hardware and processing software, the GHG bases are, most of the time, spread in different bases by satellite and algorithms. Therefore an investigation of the broad available dataset, from NASA, Copernicus, Eumetsat, ECMWF, NOAA, AWS, among several others database need to be studied, detailed, in order to select the most appropriate dataset or combined dataset to be employed in this study. The second step is the preparation of the dataset, with includes download, reprocessing in regular space and time. The preparation of this dataset will follow the big data concepts and will need the development of algorithm dataset-combination and time-space interpolation. Following this phase, the next step will be the preparation of weather database from radar and GOES satellite. Finally, the combination of weather and GHG dataset will allow the evaluation of the intrinsic feedbacks where GHG modify weather and weather modify GHG. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FRANCO, MARCO A.; MORAIS, FERNANDO G.; RIZZO, LUCIANA V.; PALACIOS, RAFAEL; VALIATI, RAFAEL; TEIXEIRA, MARCIO; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T.; ARTAXO, PAULO. Aerosol optical depth and water vapor variability assessed through autocorrelation analysis. METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, v. 136, n. 2, p. 13-pg., 2024-04-01. (21/13610-8, 14/50279-4, 20/15230-5, 21/12954-5)

PALACIOS, RAFAEL; NASSARDEN, DANIELLE C. S.; FRANCO, MARCO A.; MORAIS, FERNANDO G.; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T.; RIZZO, LUCIANA, V; CIRINO, GLAUBER; PEREIRA, AUGUSTO G. C.; RIBEIRO, PRISCILA DOS S.; BARROS, LUCAS R. C.; et al. Evaluation of MODIS Dark Target AOD Product with 3 and 10 km Resolution in Amazonia. ATMOSPHERE, v. 13, n. 11, p. 16-pg., 2022-11-01. (21/13610-8)

MORAIS, FERNANDO G.; FRANCO, MARCO A.; PALACIOS, RAFAEL; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T.; RIZZO, LUCIANA, V; BARBOSA, HENRIQUE M. J.; JORGE, FABIO; SCHAFER, JOEL S.; HOLBEN, BRENT N.; LANDULFO, EDUARDO; et al. Relationship between Land Use and Spatial Variability of Atmospheric Brown Carbon and Black Carbon Aerosols in Amazonia. ATMOSPHERE, v. 13, n. 8, p. 17-pg., 2022-08-01. (17/17047-0, 21/13610-8)

FRANCO, MARCO A.; RIZZO, LUCIANA V.; TEIXEIRA, MARCIO J.; ARTAXO, PAULO; AZEVEDO, TASSO; LELIEVELD, JOS; NOBRE, CARLOS A.; POHLKER, CHRISTOPHER; POSCHL, ULRICH; SHIMBO, JULIA; et al. How climate change and deforestation interact in the transformation of the Amazon rainforest. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 16, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2025-09-02. (21/12954-5, 20/15230-5, 22/07974-0, 21/13610-8)

EFRAIM, AVICHAY; LAUER, OLIVER; ROSENFELD, DANIEL; BRAGA, RAMON C.; FRANCO, MARCO A.; KREMPER, LESLIE A.; ZHU, YANNIAN; POESCHL, ULRICH; POEHLKER, CHRISTOPHER; ANDREAE, MEINRAT O.; et al. Satellite-Based Detection of Secondary Droplet Activation in Convective Clouds. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, v. 127, n. 12, p. 14-pg., 2022-06-27. (17/17047-0, 21/13610-8)

TEIXEIRA, MARCIO J.; MACHADO, LUIZ A. T.; ARTAXO, PAULO; CALHEIROS, ALAN; CORREA, PEDRO; FRANCO, MARCO A.; SHIMBO, JULIA; RIZZO, LUCIANA, V. Analyzing and forecasting the morphology of Amazon deforestation. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, v. 586, p. 16-pg., 2025-06-15. (22/07974-0, 21/12954-5, 20/15230-5, 21/13610-8)