Increasing the Fraction of Cloud-free CO2 and CH4 Observations from Space: The Advantage of Intelligent Pointing

Ray Nassar1, Bruce Kuwahara2, Cameron G. MacDonald2, Chris Sioris3, Chris A McLinden3 and Andre Butz4, (1)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (3)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (4)Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Umweltphysik, Heidelberg, Germany