Development of Monitoring System of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mega-cities

A data assimilation system for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from mega-cities has been developed by using observation data from greenhouse gas observation satellites and ground remote sensing as input. By applying this method to mega-cities in industrialized countries, greenhouse gas reduction technology can be verified. On the other hand, as developing countries have yet to establish greenhouse gas emission inventory data well, we are trying to estimate the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions from major cities in these countries. The greenhouse gas observation satellites to be used for this study are GOSAT and GOSAT-2, which are joint missions of the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). These activities are carried out as collaborative research with universities and national laboratories both in Japan and overseas. Currently, we are focused on greenhouse gas emissions from Tokyo, India’s New Delhi, Mongolia’s Ulan Bator, through collaboration with countries concerned.

- Ministry of the Environment
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Nagoya University
- Center of Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University
- Delhi University, India
- Ural Federal University, Russia

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