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OCO-2 Publications

OCO-2 Publications between 2014 - June 30, 2025. 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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2024
Miguel da Costa, L., G. André de Araújo Santos, G. Costa de Mendonça, L. de Souza Maria, C. Antônio da Silva Jr, A. Rodrigo Panosso, and N. La Scala Jr
Exploring CO2 Anomalies in Brazilian Biomes Combining OCO-2 & 3 data: Linkages to Wildfires Patterns Advances in Space Research
Tian, J., X. Luo, H. Xu, J. Green, H. Tang, J. Wu, and S. Piao
Slower changes in vegetation phenology than precipitation seasonality in the dry tropics Glob Change Biol, 30, 1
Wang, X., G. Chen, J. Awange, Y. Song, Q. Wu, X. Li, E. February, G. Saiz, R. Kiese, X. Li, J. Xiao, X. Zhao, and B. Wen
Establishing the global isoscape of leaf carbon in C3 plants through the integrations of remote sensing, carbon, geographic, and physiological information Remote Sensing of Environment, 302, 113987
Chen, T., J. Dai, X. Chen, C. Liang, T. Shi, Y. Lyu, F. Zhao, X. Wu, M. Gao, J. Huang, S. Zhou, and H. Dolman
Agricultural land management extends the duration of the impacts of extreme climate events on vegetation in double–cropping systems in the Yangtze–Huai plain China Ecological Indicators, 158, 111488
E. Kim, Jinhyuk., Jonathan. A. Wang, Yue. Li, Claudia. I. Czimczik, and James. T. Randerson
Wildfire-induced increases in photosynthesis in boreal forest ecosystems of North America Glob Change Biol, 30, 1
Li, Y., F. Jiang, M. Jia, S. Feng, Y. Lai, J. Ding, W. He, H. Wang, M. Wu, J. Wang, F. Shen, and L. Zhang
Improved estimation of CO2 emissions from thermal power plants based on OCO-2 XCO2 retrieval using inline plume simulation Science of The Total Environment, 913, 169586
Liu, X., B. Chu, R. Tang, Y. Liu, B. Qiu, M. Gao, X. Li, J. Xiao, H. Sun, X. Huang, A. R. Desai, A. Ding, and H. Wang
Air quality improvements can strengthen China’s food security Nature Food
Li, D., X. Li, Z. Li, Y. Fu, J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Y. Wang, E. Liang, and S. Rossi
Drought limits vegetation carbon sequestration by affecting photosynthetic capacity of semi-arid ecosystems on the Loess Plateau Science of The Total Environment, 912, 168778
Anniwaer, N., X. Li, K. Wang, H. Xu, and S. Hong
Shifts in the trends of vegetation greenness and photosynthesis in different parts of Tibetan Plateau over the past two decades Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 345, 109851
Huang, C., W. He, J. Liu, N. Nguyen, H. Yang, Y. Lv, H. Chen, and M. Zhao
Exploring the Potential of Long Short-Term Memory Networks for Predicting Net CO2 Exchange Across Various Ecosystems With Multi-Source Data JGR: Atmospheres, 125, 7, e2023JD040418
Xu, W., W. Yuan, D. Wu, Y. Zhang, R. Shen, X. Xia, P. Ciais, and J. Liu
Impacts of record-breaking compound heatwave and drought events in 2022 China on vegetation growth Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 344, 109799
Cao, Z., Y. Xue, H. Nayak, D. Lettenmaier, C. Frankenberg, P. Köhler, and Z. Li
Understanding Interactions between Terrestrial Water and Carbon Cycles Using Integrated SMAP Soil Moisture and OCO-2 SIF Observations and Land Surface Models J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.
Byrne, B., J. Liu, K. Bowman, Y. Yin, J. Yun, G. Ferreira, S. Ogle, L. Baskaran, L. He, X. Li, J. Xiao, and K. Davis
Regional inversion shows promise in capturing extreme-event-driven CO2 flux anomalies but is limited by atmospheric CO2 observational coverage JGR: Atmospheres
Jacobs, N., C. O'Dell, T. Taylor, T. Logan, B. Byrne, M. Kiel, R. Kivi, P. Heikkinen, A. Merrelli, V. H. Payne, and A. Chatterjee
The importance of digital elevation model accuracy in XCO2 retrievals: improving the OCO-2 ACOS v11 product Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 5, 1375-1401
Gaber, M., Y. Kang, G. Schurgers, and T. F. Keenan
Using automated machine learning for the upscaling of gross primary productivity Biogeosciences, 21, 2447 - 2472
Hobbs, J., M. Katzfuss, H. Nguyen, V. Yadav, and J. Liu
Functional ANOVA for Carbon Flux Estimates from Remote Sensing Data Geosci. Model Dev., 17, 1133-1151
2023
Wang, X., P. D. Blanken, J. D. Wood, Y. Nouvellon, P. Thaler, P. Kasemsap, A. Chidthaisong, P. Petchprayoon, C. Chayawat, J. Xiao, and X. Li
Solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence detects photosynthesis variations and drought effects in tropical rubber plantation and natural deciduous forests Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 339, 109591
Jia, L., Y. He, W. Liu, Y. Zhang, and Y. Li
Response of Photosynthetic Efficiency to Extreme Drought and Its Influencing Factors in Southwest China Sustainability, 15, 2, 1095
Liu, H., P. Xiao, X. Zhang, S. Chen, Y. Wang, and W. Wang
Winter snow cover influences growing-season vegetation productivity non-uniformly in the Northern Hemisphere Communications Earth & Environment 4: 299, 4, 487
Zhang, M., J. Berry, Y. Shiga, R. Doughty, N. Madani, X. Li, J. Xiao, J. Wen, Y. Sun, and S. M. Miller
Solar‐Induced Fluorescence Helps Constrain Global Patterns in Net Biosphere Exchange, as Estimated Using Atmospheric CO2 Observations Journal of Geographical Sciences, 128, 12
Chen, N., Y. Zhang, F. Yuan, C. Song, M. Xu, Q. Wang, G. Hao, T. Bao, Y. Zuo, J. Liu, T. Zhang, Y. Song, L. Sun, Y. Guo, H. Zhang, G. Ma, Y. Du, X. Xu, and X. Wang
Warming-induced vapor pressure deficit suppression of vegetation growth diminished in northern peatlands Nat Commun, 14, 1
Miller, D., S. Wolf, J. B. Fisher, B. Zaitchik, J. Xiao, and T. F. Keenan
Increased photosynthesis during spring drought in energy-limited ecosystems Nature, 14, 1
Zhang, L., S. Sha, Q. Zhang, F. Zhao, J. Zhao, H. Li, S. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Hu, and H. Han
Investigating the Coupling Relationship between Soil Moisture and Evaporative Fraction over China’s Transitional Climate Zone Hydrology, 10, 12, 221
Levine, P., A. Anthony Bloom, K. Bowman, J. T. Reager, J. Worden, J. Liu, N. Parazoo, V. Meyer, A. G. Konings, and M. Longo
Water Stress Dominates 21st‐Century Tropical Land Carbon Uptake AGU Advances, 37, 12
Dasgupta, S., S. Lall, and D. Wheeler
Subways and CO2 emissions: A global analysis with satellite data Science of The Total Environment, 883, 163691
Villalobos, Y., J. Canadell, E. Keller, P. Briggs, B. Bukosa, D. Giltrap, I. Harman, T. Hilton, M. Kirschbaum, R. Lauerwald, L. Liang, T. Maavara, S. Mikaloff‐Fletcher, P. Rayner, L. Resplandy, J. Rosentreter, E. Metz, O. Serrano, and B. Smith
A Comprehensive Assessment of Anthropogenic and Natural Sources and Sinks of Australasia's Carbon Budget AGU Advances, 37, 12
Keely, W., S. Mauceri, S. Crowell, and C. O'Dell
A nonlinear data-driven approach to bias correction of XCO2 for NASA's OCO-2 ACOS version 10 EGUsphere, 16, 23, 5725-5748
Albright, R., T. Gamalathge, X. Wang, X. Jiang, and L. Li
Impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation on CO2 and Solar‐Induced Fluorescence Over the Indo‐Pacific Region Earth and Space Science, 10, 12
Chen, Z., M. Zan, J. Kong, S. Yang, and C. Xue
Phenology of Vegetation in Arid Northwest China Based on Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Forests, 14, 12, 2310
Parazoo, N., G. Keppel-Aleks, S. Sander, B. Byrne, V. Natraj, M. Luo, J. Blavier, L. Dorsky, and R. Nassar
More Frequent Spaceborne Sampling of XCO2 Improves Detectability of Carbon Cycle Seasonal Transitions in Arctic-Boreal Ecosystems ESS Open Archive
Feldman, A., Z. Zhang, Y. Yoshida, P. Gentine, A. Chatterjee, D. Entekhabi, J. Joiner, and B. Poulter
A multi‐satellite framework to rapidly evaluate extreme biosphere cascades: The Western US 2021 drought and heatwave Glob Change Biol, 29, 13, 3634-3651
Sun, Z., Y. An, J. Kong, J. Zhao, W. Cui, T. Nie, T. Zhang, W. Liu, and L. Wu
Exploring the spatio-temporal patterns of global mangrove gross primary production and quantifying the factors affecting its estimation, 1996–2020 Science of The Total Environment, 908, 168262
Zhao, F., W. Ma, J. Zhao, Y. Guo, M. Tariq, and J. Li
Global retrieval of the spectrum of terrestrial chlorophyll fluorescence: First results with TROPOMI Remote Sensing of Environment, 300, 113903
Li, Y., S. Yan, and J. Gong
Quantifying uncertainty in soil moisture retrieval using a Bayesian neural network framework Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 215, 108414
Jin, Z., X. Tian, Y. Wang, H. Zhang, M. Zhao, T. Wang, J. Ding, and S. Piao
A global surface CO2 flux dataset (2015–2022) inferred from OCO-2 retrievals using the GONGGA inversion system Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 16, 6
Xu, S., Y. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Li, K. Qian, X. Yang, and X. Ma
Evaluating the cumulative and time-lag effects of vegetation response to drought in Central Asia under changing environments Journal of Hydrology, 627, 130455
Pathakoti, M., M. D.V., S. Gaddamidi, A. Taori, V. Muvva, R. Bothale, I. Shaik, R. P, and P. Chauhan
Spatio-temporal variability of Atmospheric CO2 and CH4 concentrations over Antarctica using Ground and Space-based measurements Polar Science, 101012
Wang, H., P. Ciais, S. Sitch, J. Green, S. Tao, Z. Fu, C. Albergel, A. Bastos, M. Wang, D. Fawcett, F. Frappart, X. Li, X. Liu, S. Li, and J. Wigneron
Anthropogenic disturbance exacerbates resilience loss in the Amazon rainforests Glob Change Biol
Acito, N., M. Diani, M. Alibani, and G. Corsini
Matched Filter Based on the Radiative Transfer Model for CO2 Estimation From PRISMA Hyperspectral Data IEEE Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett., 61, 1-13
Ji, Y., W. Zhan, H. Du, S. Wang, L. Li, J. Xiao, Z. Liu, F. Huang, and J. Jin
Urban-rural gradient in vegetation phenology changes of over 1500 cities across China jointly regulated by urbanization and climate change ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 205, 367-384
Yang, M., J. Zou, J. Ding, W. Zou, and H. Yahefujiang
Stronger Cumulative than Lagged Effects of Drought on Vegetation in Central Asia Forests, 14, 11, 2142
Lv, Y., Y. Ma, H. Li, Y. Ding, Q. Meng, and J. Guo
Analysis of spatiotemporal patterns of atmospheric CO2 concentration in the Yellow River Basin over the past decade based on time-series remote sensing data Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 , 115745–115757
Liu, X., Q. Lai, S. Yin, Y. Bao, S. Tong, Z. Adiya, A. Sanjjav, and R. Gao
Spatio-temporal patterns and control mechanism of the ecosystem carbon use efficiency across the Mongolian Plateau Science of The Total Environment, 907, 167883
Li, N., J. Xiao, R. Bai, J. Wang, L. Wu, W. Gao, W. Li, M. Chen, and Q. Li
Preseason sunshine duration determines the start of growing season of natural rubber forests International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 124, 103513
Wang, C., Y. Chen, W. Tong, W. Zhou, J. Li, B. Xu, and Q. Hu
Mapping crop phenophases in reproductive growth period by satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence: A case study in mid-temperate zone in China ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 205, 191-205
Qiao, Y., H. Gu, H. Xu, Q. Ma, X. Zhang, Q. Yan, J. Gao, Y. Yang, S. Rossi, N. Smith, J. Liu, and L. Chen
Accelerating effects of growing-season warming on tree seasonal activities are progressively disappearing Science Direct, 33, 17, 3625-3633.e3
Seo, M., H. Kim, and D. Kim
Effect of atmospheric conditions and VPRM parameters on high-resolution regional CO2 simulations over East Asia Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 155, 859-877
Xue, Y., X. Bai, C. Zhao, Q. Tan, Y. Li, G. Luo, L. Wu, F. Chen, C. Li, C. Ran, S. Zhang, M. Liu, S. Gong, L. Xiong, F. Song, C. Du, B. Xiao, Z. Li, and M. Long
Spring photosynthetic phenology of Chinese vegetation in response to climate change and its impact on net primary productivity Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 342, 109734
Zhang, Y., A. R. Desai, J. Xiao, and A. Hartemink
Deeper topsoils enhance ecosystem productivity and climate resilience in arid regions, but not in humid regions Glob Change Biol, 29, 23, 6794-6811
Ialongo, Iolanda., Rostyslav. Bun, Janne. Hakkarainen, Henrik. Virta, and Tomohiro. Oda
Satellites capture socioeconomic disruptions during the 2022 full-scale war in Ukraine Sci Rep, 13, 14954
Al-Qubati, A., L. Zhang, and K. Pyarali
Climatic drought impacts on key ecosystem services of a low mountain region in Germany Environ Monit Assess, 195, 7
Yan, H., S. Wang, and H. Shugart
Large latitudinal difference in soil nitrogen limitation on global vegetation response to elevated CO2 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 342, 109717
Yang, H., T. Li, J. Wu, and L. Zhang
Inter-comparison and evaluation of global satellite XCO2 products Geo-spatial Information Science, 1-14
Zhao, D., Y. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Zhen, Z. Shen, K. Xiang, H. Xiang, Y. Wang, and G. Wu
Spatiotemporal dynamics and geo-environmental factors influencing mangrove gross primary productivity during 2000–2020 in Gaoqiao Mangrove Reserve, China Forest Ecosystems, 10, 100137
Zhao, H., K. Gui, W. Yao, N. Shang, and X. Zhang, and X. Zhang, L. Li, Y. Zheng, Z. Wang, H. Ren, H. Wang, J. Sun, J. Li, H. Che, and X. Zhang
Seasonal and Diurnal Variations in XCO2 Characteristics in China as Observed by OCO‐2/3 Satellites: Effects of Land Cover and Local Meteorology JGR: Atmospheres, 128, 18
Zhao, S., M. Liu, M. Tao, W. Zhou, X. Lu, Y. Xiong, F. Li, and Q. Wang
The role of satellite remote sensing in mitigating and adapting to global climate change Science of The Total Environment, 904, 166820
Jin, H., S. vicente-serrano, F. Tian, Z. Cai, T. Conradt, B. Boincean, C. Murphy, B. Farizo, S. Grainger, J. López-Moreno, and L. Eklundh
Higher vegetation sensitivity to meteorological drought in autumn than spring across European biomes Nature Communications Earth and Environment, 4, 299
Su, Y., S. Chen, X. Li, S. Ma, T. Xie, J. Wang, D. Yan, J. Chen, M. Feng, and F. Chen
Changes in vegetation greenness and its response to precipitation seasonality in Central Asia from 1982 to 2022 Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 104002
Dunkl, I., N. Lovenduski, A. Collalti, V. Arora, T. Ilyina, and V. Brovkin
Gross primary productivity and the predictability of CO2: more uncertainty in what we predict than how well we predict it Biogeosciences, 20, 16, 3523-3538
Jiao, M., X. Quan, J. Yao, and W. Wang
How Does the Management Paradigm Contain Wildfire Over Southwest China? Evidence From Remote Sensing Observation IEEE Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett., 20, 1-5
Das, C., R. Kunchala, N. Chandra, A. Chhabra, and M. Pandya
Characterizing the regional XCO2 variability and its association with ENSO over India inferred from GOSAT and OCO-2 satellite observations Science of The Total Environment, 902, 166176
Zhong, Z., B. He, Y. Wang, H. Chen, D. Chen, Y. Fu, Y. Chen, L. Guo, Y. Deng, L. Huang, W. Yuan, X. Hao, R. Tang, H. Liu, L. Sun, X. Xie, and Y. Zhang
Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity Science Advances, 9, 32
Jacobson, J., N. Cressie, and A. Zammit-Mangion
Spatial Statistical Prediction of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) from Multivariate OCO-2 Data Remote Sensing, 15, 16, 4038
Liang, A., R. Pang, C. Chen, and C. Xiang
XCO2 Fusion Algorithm Based on Multi-Source Greenhouse Gas Satellites and CarbonTracker Atmosphere, 14, 9, 1335
Xu, Y., X. Li, H. Du, F. Mao, G. Zhou, Z. Huang, W. Fan, Q. Chen, C. Ni, and K. Guo
Improving extraction phenology accuracy using SIF coupled with the vegetation index and mapping the spatiotemporal pattern of bamboo forest phenology Remote Sensing of Environment, 297, 113785
He, L., Y. Xie, J. Wang, J. Zhang, M. Si, Z. Guo, C. Ma, Q. Bie, Z. Li, and J. Ye
Precipitation regimes primarily drive the carbon uptake in the Tibetan Plateau Ecological Indicators, 154, 110694

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