Copernicus Sentinel-5p Operational Validation: System, Results, Synergies with Suomi-NPP, and Perspectives for the GEO+LEO Air Quality Satellite Constellation

Jean-Christopher Lambert1, Steven Compernolle1, Daan Hubert1, Arno Keppens1, Bavo Langerock1, Tijl Verhoelst1, Kai-Uwe Eichmann2, Ann Mari Fjaeraa3, Quintus Kleipool4, Sander Niemeijer5, Thomas Wagner6, Angelika Dehn7, Diego G Loyola8, Pepijn Veefkind4 and Claus Zehner7, (1)Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium, (2)University of Bremen, IUP, Bremen, Germany, (3)Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway, (4)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands, (5)s[&]t Corp., Delft, Netherlands, (6)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (7)European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy, (8)German Aerospace Center (DLR), The Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany