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OCO-2 Publications

OCO-2 Publications between 2014 - March 20, 2026. See More >>

The following list compiles publications resulting from the OCO-2 mission, covering a wide range of topics, including spectroscopy, calibration, retrieval algorithm development, uncertainty quantification, top-down atmospheric inversion methodologies, solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, carbon-climate interactions, point source and urban emission quantification, and various scientific and real-world applications. These publications either describe or utilize data products derived from the OCO-2 mission. Those data products include Level 1B (radiance) to Level 4 produced by both the project team and the broader scientific community. If you have any questions, please contact our Science Team Lead, Junjie Liu.


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2026
Noor, S., X. Jiang, X. Wang, J. Yang, S. Newman, K. Li, L. Li, L. Yu, X. Li, and Y. Yung
Human-induced biospheric carbon sink: Impact from the Taklamakan Afforestation Project Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123, 4
Xia, Z., L. Liu, I. Nitze, N. Nesterova, J. Van der Sluijs, X. Zhu, T. Wu, K. Ermokhina, E. Hall, R. Khairullin, A. Khomutov, and M. Lara
Vegetation recovery following retrogressive thaw slumps across northern tundra regions Nat. Clim. Chang.
Behera, S., C. Diao, S. Bathiany, N. Boers, and D. Dutta
Photosynthetic Recovery Dynamics Reveal Declining Vegetation Functional Resilience in Tropical Ecosystems Geophys. Res. Lett., 53, 7
Liu, P., Z. Zhou, G. Wu, X. Tong, T. Zhang, J. Zhang, F. Wang, and D. Chen
Carbon exchange in a tropical montane rainforest: Annual budgets, drivers, and anomalies Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 379, 111049
Zhang, Y., G. Bao, Z. He, Y. Bao, Z. Yuan, and S. Tong
Divergent GPP dynamics in alpine and temperate grasslands: Hierarchical climatic controls across the Qinghai-Tibetan and Mongolian Plateaus Science of Remote Sensing, 13, 100360
Guo, Y., N. Cong, Z. Zheng, G. Zhao, J. Wu, Y. Deng, Z. P. Du, and Y. Zhang
Asymmetric response of Northern Hemisphere vegetation to climate change from 2000 to 2018: Phenology leads GPP Advances in Climate Change Research
Lin, Z., K. Guan, S. Wang, Q. Zhou, L. You, X. Chen, X. Luo, and K. Zhao
Phenology-Aligned multi-task temporal fusion framework for satellite-based triple-seasonal rice yield estimation in Southeast Asia International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 149, 105231
Prajesh, P., K. Ragunath, M. Gordon, B. Rathgeber, and S. Neethirajan
Ai-driven carbon Monitoring: Transformer-Based reconstruction of atmospheric CO2 in Canadian poultry regions International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 149, 105248
Tang, J., Q. Liu, J. Han, H. Zheng, S. Li, and H. Fan
The increasing sensitivity of photosynthesis to land surface temperature over China's grasslands Ecological Indicators, 184, 114706
Wang, Y., X. Guan, L. Liu, Y. Zhang, X. Li, and H. Shen
Fusing Multisensor Data to Generate a Highly Integrated Global Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (FSIF) Time Series IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 64, 1-16
Yan, X., G. Cui, Y. Sun, Y. Gao, Z. Duan, T. Ruan, and C. Gao
Mapping high-resolution monthly XCO 2 across China and its relationship with human activities Environmental Research Communications, 8, 3, 035020
Kuang, Y., Z. Li, L. Wei, D. Tang, Y. Mai, H. Yuan, L. Zheng, J. Deng, and J. Peng
Improving photosynthetic phenology detection by incorporating vegetation index with meteorological factors International Journal of Digital Earth, 19, 1
Zhang, S., Y. Yang, S. Hong, Y. Chen, Y. Ma, Y. Li, and X. Guan
Short-term and long-term impacts of climate extremes on global plant photosynthesis International Journal of Digital Earth, 19, 1
Zhang, S., Z. Zhang, P. Chen, H. Huang, and D. Pan
Satellite-Based Assessment of Spatially Heterogeneous XCO2 and Marine pCO2 Trends (2015–2020) Remote Sensing, 18, 4, 630
Si, H., H. Sun, K. Wang, R. Wang, and S. Zong
Divergent climate and human controls on Asian Vegetation sensitivity revealed by SIF-NDVI synergy Global and Planetary Change, 259, 105365
Liu, J., S. Basu, B. Byrne, J. Yun, and C. O’Dell
The Impact of OCO‐2 Seasonally Dependent Sampling on Carbon Flux Estimation in the Northern Tropical Africa J. Geophys. Res., 53, 4
Luo, Y., L. Gao, X. Fu, L. Si, X. Li, N. Du, Y. Yuan, X. Zhang, and Y. Deng
Widespread vegetation damage in Asian Interior due to the 2022 extreme drought Environmental Research, 288, 123213
Chen, S., J. Xiao, X. Li, M. Wu, and J. Yang
Disentangling the climate–VPD–GPP Nexus: Global patterns and underlying drivers Global and Planetary Change, 256, 105141
Qin, J., Z. Deng, S. Wang, J. Chen, P. Fu, and C. Huang
A review on solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence of vegetation and its ecological process modeling Ecological Frontiers, 46, 1, 55-67
Geng, Y., N. Du, L. Wang, X. Deng, Y. Zuo, L. Qian, and W. Zhu
High-resolution reconstruction and driving mechanism analysis of XCO2 over mainland China based on the GAM-Optuna-ERT model Atmospheric Research, 334, 108677
Wang, L., Y. Zhao, M. Faiz, S. Baluch, M. Xu, D. Liu, and M. Li
Drivers of agricultural ecosystem resilience under compound atmospheric-soil drought in Northeast China Ecological Indicators, 182, 114525
Qiu, F., J. Zang, and Y. Zhang
Divergent remote sensing signals in long-term post-fire Eucalyptus recovery: Structural vs. functional traits Remote Sensing of Environment, 333, 115121
Ruan, F., F. Qin, J. Li, and W. Mu
A spatio-temporal machine learning method for estimating high-resolution XCO2 in China Science of Remote Sensing, 13, 100359
Liu, W., Y. Xue, X. Ling, B. He, C. Li, and L. Han
Simulation and analysis of CO2 concentration in China from 2009 to 2021 based on the WRF-Chem model Atmospheric Research, 333, 108732
Zhou, P., J. Chou, S. Ye, M. Sun, J. Luo, Z. Cao, Q. Yao, H. Zhang, M. Bilal, and L. Dan
Global Assessment of Vegetation Ozone Exposure Using a Remote Sensing-Based Index: A New Potential Reference for Critical Levels and Gross Primary Production Simulations IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 64, 1-18
Liu, W., Y. Xue, X. Ling, C. Li, B. He, and L. Han
Study on CO 2 concentration assimilation by integrating a multi-source satellite fusion dataset based on the WRF-Chem model International Journal of Remote Sensing, 47, 4, 1594-1629
Zou, C., S. Du, X. Liu, and L. Liu
Development of the long-term harmonized multi-satellite SIF (LHSIF) dataset at 0.05° resolution (1995–2024) Earth System Science Data, 18, 1, 55-75
Kashyap, R., and J. Kuttippurath
Increased moisture stress and weakened resilience to aridity limit global greening Science of The Total Environment, 1015, 181416
Yang, J., J. Tan, R. Xia, Y. Liu, A. Morse, and Q. Mu
Substantial Discrepancies Across Global Satellite XCO2 Products: A Systematic Evaluation Remote Sensing, 18, 2, 371
Ciais, P., P. Ke, Y. Yao, S. Sitch, W. Li, Y. Xu, X. Du, X. Gui, A. Bastos, S. Zaehle, B. Poulter, T. Colligan, A. van der Woude, W. Peters, Z. Liu, Z. Jin, X. Tian, Y. Wang, J. Liu, S. Pandey, C. O’Dell, J. Bian, C. Zhou, J. Miller, X. Lan, J. Goncalves De Souza, M. O’Sullivan, P. Friedlingstein, G. van der Werf, G. Peters, and F. Chevallier
Low latency global carbon budget indicates reduced land carbon sink in the year 2024 National Science Review, 13, 2
Cao, Y., Z. Xu, Y. Yang, C. Zhang, and N. Qin
From site to region: Performance evaluation of remote sensing-derived GPP products across China Advances in Space Research
Li, J., Z. Zhang, T. Li, Q. Yuan, and L. Zhang
Global daily seamless XCO2 Mapping (2016–2020): Spatio-temporal trends and variations during wildfire events International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 146, 105092
Descals, A., I. Janssens, and J. Peñuelas
Amazon forest nutrient limitation is mitigated by distant fire emissions Nature Geosci
Fan, X., Q. Zhu, Y. Wei, N. Yao, G. Zhao, Q. Yu, and G. Wu
Remote sensing proxies underestimate fire-induced gross primary productivity loss and overestimate recovery in forests Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 378, 110963
Das, C., R. Kunchala, P. K. Patra, N. Chandra, K. Ishijima, and T. Machida
An assessment of a CO2 transport model simulations using surface, aircraft and satellite data (2015–2021) Atmospheric Environment, 368, 121754
Fan, D., T. Cheng, H. Zhu, X. Ye, T. Tang, H. Tong, X. Li, J. Xiong, S. Yin, and L. Zhang
Accelerating net-zero transition: Satellite insight reveals Decarbonization potential of coal-fired power plants Applied Energy, 406, 127293
Yu, Y., W. Tian, L. Zhang, T. Yu, Y. Wu, and T. Cheng
MCF-XCO2: A cross-mission consistency and fusion framework for integrating multi-satellite XCO2 observations Atmospheric Research, 334, 108747
Xue, C., M. Zan, S. Yang, J. Zhou, L. Zhai, Z. Zhao, and J. Ke
Emulating vegetation phenology in Xinjiang using GOSIF data: Investigating cumulative and lagged responses to drought Journal of Environmental Management, 397, 128274
Jin, J., L. Dong, G. Gan, X. Fan, Y. Wang, Q. Zhu, R. Doughty, Y. Qin, and G. Yang
Daily global transpiration estimation (2001–2018) by integrating satellite solar-induced fluorescence and spatially heterogeneous slope parameter in a conductance-photosynthesis model Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 378, 110993
Anniwaer, N., X. Li, H. Xu, K. Wang, and Z. Zhu
Decadal changes in summer and autumn soil moisture drive dual shifts in Eurasian grassland vegetation growth trends during 1982–2018 Global and Planetary Change, 256, 105137
Lin, S., H. Wang, W. Bai, C. Gao, and Q. Ge
Heatwaves exacerbate the effects of early-season drought on peak vegetation growth in the Northern Hemisphere Global and Planetary Change, 256, 105139
Wang, H., Q. Xie, S. E. Thompson, C. Moore, D. Miller, E. Veneklaas, R. Silberstein, X. Li, J. Xiao, B. Medlyn, and W. K. Smith
Satellite observations reveal ecosystem resistance and resilience to short-term water stress driven by dominant vegetation along a rainfall gradient in Australia Remote Sensing of Environment, 332, 115046
Shao, W., T. Yue, and L. Zhang, W. Tian, H. Wang, H. Zhou, C. Wu, and L. Zhang
Mapping daily 1-km resolution XCO2 in China using deep learning and multi-source data Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 227, 108755
Wefers, W., D. Schmidt, L. Lehnert, M. Reuter, M. Buchwitz, C. Kammann, and K. Velten
Global 20-year time series of XCO concentrations derived from satellite observations and interpolations to analyze XCO anomalies caused by wildfires Atmospheric Research, 328, 1, 108408
2025
Vangi, E., D. Dalmonech, G. d'Amico, E. Grieco, M. Morichetti, P. Puchi, S. Francini, S. Fares, F. Giannetti, P. Corona, R. Barbetti, G. Chirici, and A. Collalti
Monitoring forest attributes, C-fluxes, and C-stocks using the process-based model 3D-CMCC-FEM at the National level Ecological Informatics, 92, 103489
Zhao, M., Y. Yang, G. Weng, W. He, H. Yang, N. Nguyen, J. Wang, S. Liu, J. Chen, X. Lei, T. Ma, Z. Huang, and P. Xu
Fusing Enhanced Flux Measurements and Multi-Source Satellite Observations to Improve GPP Estimation for the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Based on AutoML Techniques Remote Sensing, 18, 1, 130
Li, Y., L. Bao, P. He, C. Wang, S. Zhu, J. Ma, Y. Liang, and J. Xiao
Global soil moisture dynamics: attribution of contributions and their association with GPP Frontiers in Plant Science, 16
Chen, C., L. Zhou, D. Li, Q. Liu, T. Zhang, J. Wen, and Y. He
Environmental and genetic factors affecting Chinese motherwort yield: A machine learning and molecular profiling study Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 231, 109981
Zhu, H., X. Li, H. Du, L. Chen, F. Mao, J. Xuan, Y. Zhao, Z. Huang, K. Mo, and Y. Zheng
Enhancing phenological model accuracy in subtropical forests using data assimilation coupled with deep learning GIScience & Remote Sensing, 62, 1
V. Kobzar, G., G. M. Nerobelov, and Y. Timofeev
Analysis of CO2 Content and Emission Based on OCO-2 Satellite Measurements Cosmic Research, 63, S1, S91-S97
Nayagam, L., S. Maksyutov, R. Janardanan, T. Oda, Y. K. Tiwari, G. Sreenivas, A. Datye, C. Jain, M. Ratnam, V. Sinha, H. Hakkim, Y. Terao, M. Naja, M. Ahmed, H. Mukai, J. Zeng, J. W. Kaiser, Y. Someya, Y. Yoshida, and T. Matsunaga
Indian Land Carbon Sink Estimated from Surface and GOSAT Observations Remote Sensing, 17, 3, 450
Lu, W., X. Li, S. Li, T. Cheng, Y. Guo, and W. Fang
Impact of anthropogenic emission inventories on atmospheric CO2 concentrations simulated by GEOS-Chem Atmospheric Research, 326, 108255
Hu, L., X. Hu, F. Jiang, W. He, Z. Deng, S. Fang, and X. Fang
Analysis of Regional Surface CO2 Fluxes Using the MEGA Satellite Data Assimilation System Remote Sensing, 17, 22, 3720
da Costa, L., G. de Mendonça, G. Araújo Santos, F. Pacheco, G. d. Rolim, A. Panosso, and N. La Scala Jr.
Drivers of atmospheric CO2 concentration in southeast Brazil: Insights from land use change, vegetation, and climate factors Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 38, 101614
Li, Z., N. Zhao, H. Zhang, Y. Wei, Y. Chen, and R. Ma
Research on High Spatiotemporal Resolution of XCO2 in Sichuan Province Based on Stacking Ensemble Learning Sustainability, 17, 8, 3433
Sun, Y., and X. Fang
Calibration for Computer Models with Time-Varying Parameter Mathematics, 13, 18, 2969
Lu, W., X. Li, S. Li, T. Cheng, Y. Guo, and W. Fang
Effects of Emission Variability on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations in Mainland China Remote Sensing, 17, 5, 814
Zhu, W., H. Zhang, X. Zhang, H. Guo, and Y. Liu
Evaluating the spatiotemporal variations in atmospheric CO2 concentrations in China and identifying factors contributing to its increase Atmospheric Pollution Research, 16, 5, 102458
Rakotoharisoa, A., S. Cenci, and R. Arcucci
A High Resolution Spatially Consistent Global Dataset for CO2 Monitoring Remote Sensing, 17, 9, 1617
He, X., S. Chen, J. Xi, and Y. Wang
Quantitative Assessment of Satellite-Observed Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations over Oceanic Regions Remote Sensing, 17, 24, 4026
Pais, S., S. Bhattacharjee, A. Madasamy, V. Balamurugan, and J. Chen
High-Spatial-Resolution Estimation of XCO2 Using a Stacked Ensemble Model Remote Sensing, 17, 20, 3415
Sheng, M., Y. Hou, H. Song, X. Ye, L. Lei, P. Ma, and Z. Zeng
Estimating anthropogenic CO2 emissions from China's Yangtze River Delta using OCO-2 observations and WRF-Chem simulations Remote Sensing of Environment, 316, 114515
Li, Y., K. Wu, Y. Yung, X. Wang, and J. Han
Analysis of the Current Situation of CO2 Satellite Observation Remote Sensing, 17, 21, 3635
Åström, O., C. Geldhauser, M. Grillitsch, O. Hall, and A. Sopasakis
Enhancing carbon emission reduction strategies using OCO and ICOS data Scientific Reports, 15, 1
Wang, J., X. Wang, J. Peñuelas, H. Hua, and C. Wu
Nitrogen deposition favors later leaf senescence in woody species Nat Commun, 16, 1
Bai, X., Z. Zhang, and D. Gu
Driving mechanism of natural vegetation response to climate change in China from 2001 to 2022 Environmental Research, 276, 121529
Li, H., H. Zhang, Z. Feng, J. Zhao, H. Chen, X. Guo, T. Wang, and Y. Liu
Climate change influences on vegetation photosynthesis in the Northern Hemisphere Journal of Environmental Management, 380, 124976
Li, C., Y. Fu, Q. Zhao, X. Zhang, R. Ding, F. Hao, and G. Yin
Climatic driving mechanisms of the propagation from meteorological drought to agricultural and ecological droughts Journal of Environmental Management, 383, 125445
Liu, Y., J. Bi, X. Cai, L. Wang, G. Li, X. Wang, X. Liu, Z. Xu, X. Yu, and C. Zhan
Warm-dry climate narrowed the difference between vegetation greenness and photosynthetic phenology periods in the Yellow River Basin, China Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 40, 101735
Dong, G., F. Jiang, W. Ju, Y. Zhang, G. Werf, J. Xiao, X. Li, L. Fan, X. Li, Z. Zhang, M. Wu, J. Tian, J. Wang, Y. Zhou, Y. Xiao, K. Zhang, G. Lv, Y. Zhang, and J. Chen
Extreme fire emissions dominate the Amazonian land sink decline in 2024 The Innovation Geoscience, 3, 4, 100173
Sun, K., P. Yang, J. Xia, H. Huang, Y. Chen, C. Wang, L. Chen, P. Yao, R. Matluba, and X. Lu
Multitemporal Drought‐Vegetation Adaptation: Lag‐Cumulative Effects and Resilience Dynamics in Central Asia Ecohydrology, 18, 7
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