Status of the NRT System

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[2026-10-20 07:57:55 UTC] Last L2 file generated: 2026102003440040361 at 2026-10-20 07:57:55.646
[2026-10-20 07:57:55 UTC] Last L1 file processed: 202610200344 from 2026-10-20 06:41:07.794
[2026-10-20 07:57:55 UTC] End GOSAT-FOCAL processing chain; processed 35 new L1 file(s), generated 20 new L2 file(s)
[2026-10-20 07:57:55 UTC] Successfully processed 2026102003440040361 within 48 s
[2026-10-20 07:57:54 UTC] Post-Processing done: 2026102003440040361; 3 XCH4_Proxy measurement(s) remain

Global L2 map of the last 30 days


GOSAT-FOCAL L2 time series (last 30 days)


NRT System Statistics (last 30 days)

Publications

Noël et al., 2021, XCO2 retrieval for GOSAT and GOSAT-2 based on the FOCAL algorithm, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14(5), 3837–3869, doi: rm10.5194/amt-14-3837-2021.

Noël et al., 2022, Retrieval of greenhouse gases from GOSAT and GOSAT-2 using the FOCAL algorithm, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15(11), 3401–3437, 2022, doi: rm10.5194/amt-15-3401-2022.


Condition of Use

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... to inform us prior to any publication where FOCAL data products are planned to be used,

... to offer us co-authorship for any planned peer-reviewed publication based on FOCAL data products (for non peer-reviewed publications it is sufficient if you add an appropriate acknowledgement),

... not to distribute the FOCAL data products to any third party (the only exception being colleagues working in your institute, in this case you agree to inform them about the conditions listed here and that they also have to accept these conditions).


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Acknowledgements

ABSCO cross sections for CO2 were provided by NASA and the ACOS/OCO-2 team.
GMTED2010 topography data were provided from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
We thank the European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for providing us with meteorological data.
This work has received funding from JAXA GOSAT, EUMETSAT (FOCAL-CO2M study), ESA (GHG-CCI+ project) and the State and the University of Bremen.