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SCOAPE-II

The success of the May 2019 Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment (SCOAPE) project motivated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to renew its partnership with NASA/GSFC in 2022. As with SCOAPE, the primary goal of SCOAPE-II is to explore the ability of NASA resources to monitor and quantify the effects of Gulf of Mexico (GOM) oil and natural gas (ONG) emissions on coastal US air quality. The April 2023 launch of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution instrument, which is currently collecting hourly daytime measurements of key air pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone over North America, provides another platform for NASA scientists to leverage to meet BOEM’s needs. SCOAPE-II will culminate in a second GOM air quality cruise near ONG operations in June 2024, and include measurements of methane, NO2, and CO2 from Johnson Space Center’s Gulfstream-V aircraft. Therefore, additional emphasis is being placed on monitoring greenhouse gas emissions from ONG activities in SCOAPE-II. Additional website links including the SCOAPE-II data archive will be published once available.