Monitoring Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Space

NASA's recently launched Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite is capable of detecting the enhanced levels of carbon dioxide over the world's largest cities and is beginning to study LA in coordination with the Megacities team.

This part of a larger project by NASA to develop robust methods for assessing carbon emissions in the world’s largest cities, including Los Angeles, Sao Paulo, Paris. Click here to read more about the Megacities Carbon Project.

[image credit: Megacities Carbon Project]