#Highveld

German Satellite Achieves First Simultaneous CO2 and NO2 Measurements from Power Plant Emissions

The newly developed approach allows scientists to directly measure #CO2 and #NO2 over individual power plants, providing critical data for understanding atmospheric processes and industrial #emissions. The findings, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, demonstrate that EnMAP can effectively track emissions over distances of several tens of kilometers, a feat previously considered unfeasible for a satellite not explicitly designed for atmospheric measurements.

Power plants release CO2 and nitrogen oxides (NOx) as part of their regular operations, both of which significantly contribute to air pollution and climate change. CO2, a primary #GreenhouseGas, and NOx, a precursor to ground-level #ozone, have traditionally been challenging to monitor at high spatial resolutions from space.

Most satellite instruments lack the fine-scale detail required to distinguish individual emission sources against the background atmospheric concentrations. #EnMAP, however, overcomes these challenges with its unique capability to capture detailed 30 x 30 meter resolution imagery.

"Using the EnMAP data, we were able to determine the distribution of CO2 and NO2 in emission plumes from individual PowerPlants - for example, from facilities in #SaudiArabia and the South African #Highveld region, one of the world's largest emission hotspots," said Christian Borger, the study's first author and former postdoctoral researcher in the Satellite Remote Sensing Group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Borger now conducts research at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (#ECMWF) in #Bonn.

spacedaily.com/m/reports/Germa

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Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️malmorrow@mastodon.africa
2025-02-23

Well this is a lot of #rain all at once.

#highveld #thunderstorm

2025-02-05

Day 5; 25 new species and 15 ‘lifers’ - highlights were Gurney’s Sugarbird, Bokmakierie, Cape Grassbird and a species I’ve wanted to see for years….. Secretarybird.

#SouthAfrica #Dullstroom #Highveld #Birds #Birding #wildlife #nature #birdsofmastodon

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Mal 🇿🇦🇮🇪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️malmorrow@mastodon.africa
2024-07-26

It's so dry in the #highveld now, and there are #fires breaking out all over the countryside near #Pretoria. Three in my neighbourhood this week, including one big one near #RietvleiDam this morning. I don't know what human, animal and property damage they have caused.

In a few ways fire is good, so long as nobody and nothing gets hurt. Fire's good for a lot of plants and ecologies. And once a fire burns out, the burnt land becomes a firebreak.

But it's a nervous season all the same.

Stephan Lichtenauer | נח סתוhnygd@mastodon.africa
2024-02-13

Finally, people understand that #Johannesburg and the #Highveld is the place to be and nobody actually cares about #CapeTown... 😬 😁

「In addition, Rory O’Hagan from #ChasEveritt said that many returning emigrants are buying homes in #Gauteng and, in particular, the northern suburbs of Johannesburg.

He said that many are returning to Johannesburg to take up new corporate jobs or to create new businesses.

O’Hagan also said the wave of semigration to the Western Cape from Gauteng and other inland provinces has been reversed as the return-to-office mandates gain ground.

“Frankly, many top executives and professionals are now also weary of the costs and inconvenience of commuting weekly between work in Johannesburg and family in Cape Town, while others admit that they have not adapted well to the Cape’s unpredictable weather and would prefer the Highveld’s sunny winters,” he said. 」

#SouthAfrica

Joe Soap the nthT2oofei8ht@mastodon.lol
2022-11-19

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