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sentinel-5p-l2-ch4-rpro·dataset

Methane record, consistently reprocessed (Copernicus)

Sentinel-5P Level 2 Methane (RPRO)
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In plain English

What it measures. Maps atmospheric methane concentrations across the planet.

How it's made. Generated from the TROPOMI sensor on ESA Copernicus's Sentinel-5P satellite, reprocessed as a Level-2 product so older and newer data line up consistently.

How & where you'd use it. Valuable for trend analysis of methane over years and for studies pinpointing where this greenhouse gas comes from.

What's measured

SentinelCopernicusESASatelliteGlobalAtmosphereL2CH4RPROEUEC

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2018-04-01 → ongoing
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

This Collection provides Sentinel-5P Level-2 CH4 products, which contains high-resolution imagery of methane concentrations.

Get the data

copernicus_access.py
# ESA Copernicus Data Space — open STAC API (free account)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://stac.dataspace.copernicus.eu/v1")
search = cat.search(
    collections=["sentinel-5p-l2-ch4-rpro"],   # add _cog or _nc for a format variant
    bbox=(-10, 35, 30, 60),             # your area (W,S,E,N)
    datetime="2024-01-01/2024-12-31",
)
items = list(search.items())            # then read assets with rioxarray / xarray
Browsing the Copernicus STAC is open; downloading bytes needs a free Copernicus Data Space account.