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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2026, V. 23, No. 2, pp. 343-358

Evaluation of the accuracy of greenhouse gas content measurement in the Earth’s atmosphere by Driada high-resolution orbital spectrometer

A.V. Nazarova 1 , A.A. Fedorova 1 , M.S. Zharikova 1 , A.Yu. Trokhimovskiy 1 , A.S. Patrakeev 1 , O.I. Korablev 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 27.01.2026
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2026-23-2-343-358
The Driada high-resolution spectrometer, planned for installation on the International Space Station (ISS), is designed for global measurement of greenhouse gases CO2 and CH4 in the near-infrared range from 1.4 to 1.65 microns. CO2 absorption will be recorded in the bands of 1.58 and 1.6 microns, and CH4 in the band of 1.64 microns, which corresponds to the spectral range of a number of recognized space experiments for monitoring greenhouse gas concentrations, GOSAT (Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite), OCO-2 (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2), etc. To estimate green-house gas fluxes, high accuracy of their measurement is required. The work is devoted to assessing the accuracy of greenhouse gas content measurements by the main channel of Driada, taking into account the main characteristics of the device in terms of resolution, noise and operating spectral range. To calculate the reflection spectra, a radiation transfer model based on a line-by-line calculation in the near infrared range has been created. To study sensitivity on a global scale and through-out the year, 1,200 atmospheric profiles were prepared based on global atmospheric chemistry fore-casts from the CAMS (Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service) center of ECMWF (European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecast), 100 profiles for each month of the year. The illumination of the surface, which is determined both by the solar zenith angle at the observation point and by the albedo of the Earth’s surface, plays a key role in calculating sensitivity in the near-infrared range. We have adapted a data set of HAMSTER (Hyperspectral Albedo Maps dataset with high Spatial and TEmporal Resolution) into the model. The sensitivity calculation was carried out by solving the inverse problem. The lowest measurement accuracy from 1.65 to 20.32 % for CO2 and from 3.16 to 40.07 % for CH4 is observed above the water surface. The highest accuracy from 0.051 to 0.3 % for CO2 and from 0.17 to 1.28 % for CH4 is observed in the latitude range over the African continent due to the high albedo of the surface throughout the year. In the mid-northern latitudes, the accuracy varies from 0.047 to 0.47 % for CO2 and from 0.093 to 4.21 % for CH4. The results obtained confirm the capabilities of Driada with current characteristics to ensure the necessary accuracy of measurements of both gases over land.
Keywords: atmosphere, greenhouse gases, spectroscopy, remote sensing
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