MEGAN-MOHYCAN global isoprene emissions accounting for space-based land cover changes [ALBERIv2]

This dataset contains the global monthly averaged emissions of isoprene released by terrestrial vegetation at global scale, at 0.5°x0.5° resolution, between 2005 and 2023, calculated using the MEGAN-MOHYCAN model taking into account land use/land cover change based on satellite data (Global Forest Watch and MODIS datasets).
This is the second version of the ALBERI dataset, updated using the most recent MODIS and Global Forest Watch datasets, with ERA5 meteorological fields replacing ERA-Interim. The meteorological fields are the primary source of the differences between the two versions.

It is fully described in Opacka et al., Global and regional impacts of land cover changes on isoprene emissions derived from spaceborne data and the MEGAN model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 8413-8436, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8413-2021, 2021.

Each year is in a NC file (size 12Mb) and a Zip file, containing all data, is provided too.

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Cite this as (APA format)

Opacka, B., & Stavrakou, T. (2026). MEGAN-MOHYCAN global isoprene emissions accounting for space-based land cover changes [ALBERIv2] (Version 2) [Data set]. Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. https://doi.org/10.18758/b1po4yrb

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Author(s)
Principal

Opacka, Beataorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
Other(s)

Stavrakou, Trissevgeniorcid, Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy;

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Technical info
Is referenced by

Opacka, B., Müller, J.-F., Stavrakou, T., Bauwens, M., Sindelarova, K., Markova, J., & Guenther, A. B. (2021). Global and regional impacts of land cover changes on isoprene emissions derived from spaceborne data and the MEGAN model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(11), 8413-8436. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8413-2021 (Belgian institutional Open Access repository for Federal Science)

Documentation

https://emissions.aeronomie.be/index.php/bottom-up/isoprenev2026

Temporal features
Starting

2005
Ending

2023
Temporal resolution

P1M

Additional info
Funding details

The authors acknowledge support from the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) through the STEREO III programme (ALBERI, contract no. SR/00/373). The project is described in https://alberi.aeronomie.be/.
Repository homepage

https://data.aeronomie.be/dataset/
Last Updated

March 10, 2026
Created

2026

Spatial features