IG3IS Webinar Series (Q1-Q2, 2025): A national GHG emission monitoring system to support policymakers and modelling efforts in Spain - current status and achievements

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(Europe/Zurich: 30 June 2025, 13:00 - 14:30)

Paula Castesana worked on anthropogenic emission modelling, including the development of high-resolution air pollutant emission inventories for Argentina and Latin America, and subnational greenhouse gas inventories for government agencies aligned with the National Communications to the UNFCCC. She has also worked as a Senior Technologist for an R&D company, leading projects focused on innovative solutions for carbon capture and waste-to-energy technologies, and supporting the energy industry in the management and modelling of atmospheric emissions. In 2024, Paula joined the Emission Modelling team of the Atmospheric Composition group within the Earth Sciences department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Her current work focuses on advancing atmospheric emission models under the framework of the High-Resolution Emission Systems to Support Modelling and Monitoring Efforts in Spain (RESPIRE) project, as well as contributing to international initiatives such as the World Emission Project of the European Space Agency (ESA).

Omaira García Rodríguez joined IARC, AEMET in 2010 as the Principal Investigator of the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) program at IARC. This program, which operates the only FTIR system in Spain, focuses on the continuous monitoring of atmospheric trace gases, the development of new FTIR observation strategies, and the validation of satellite observations and climate model estimates. Since 2023, she has led the AEMET COCCON-Spain project, which aims to establish a national monitoring network for greenhouse gas observations in Spain using portable, low-resolution FTIR instruments within the framework of the Collaborative Carbon Column Observing Network.

The RESPIRE- CLIMATE (high-resolution air Emissions Systems to support modelling and monitoring Efforts) project has the goal of developing and deploying a Spanish national CO2 and CH4 emissions monitoring system that combines information from high-resolution bottom-up inventories with observations derived from ground-based instruments. The resulting system will allow: i) providing detailed and low latency emission information at a sectoral resolution and spatial (1kmx1km) and temporal (daily) scales that are relevant from national to urban decision-making, and ii) expanding the current national GHG observational network to main metropolitan urban areas, namely Madrid and Barcelona, which currently remain unmonitored in an operational way. A dedicated web app is produced to visualize and facilitate access to the resulting GHG emission products, serving the need for detailed GHG emission information on a national, sub-national and urban level. The results of RESPIRE-CLIMATE will support scientific and modelling efforts, such as inversion modelling and data assimilation, as well as decision-makers, helping to guide efforts in the design of effective mitigation policies. 

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