Ilse Aben

International Collaborator

SRON, Netherlands
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Dr. Ilse Aben is the Dutch co-Principal Investigator and co-initiator of the TROPOMI instrument on ESA’s Sentinel-5 Precursor mission. Her research focuses on methane, and CO emissions, with high relevance to Carbon-I related science questions and technical approachs (Pandey et al. 2019, 2023; Velde et al. 2021; Sadavarte et al. 2021; Maasakkers et al. 2022; Irakulis-Loitxate et al. 2022; Schuit et al. 2023; Naus et al. 2023)

Education

  • PhD in Physics | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 1992
  • Diploma in Chemistry | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | 1987

Professional Experience

  • 2003-present Senior Scientist SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, The Netherlands
  • 1994-2002 Scientist SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
  • 1992-1994Postdoc at Institute of Mass Spectrometry, University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2021-present Endowed Professor Earth Sciences Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2001-2021 Endowed Professor Physics Department Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

References

Irakulis-Loitxate, Itziar, Luis Guanter, Joannes D Maasakkers, Daniel Zavala-Araiza, and Ilse Aben. 2022. “Satellites Detect Abatable Super-Emissions in One of the World’s Largest Methane Hotspot Regions.” Environmental Science & Technology 56 (4): 2143–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04873.
Maasakkers, Joannes D, Daniel J Varon, Aldı́s Elfarsdóttir, Jason McKeever, Dylan Jervis, Gourav Mahapatra, Sudhanshu Pandey, et al. 2022. “Using Satellites to Uncover Large Methane Emissions from Landfills.” Science Advances 8 (31): eabn9683. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn9683.
Naus, S, JD Maasakkers, R Gautam, M Omara, R Stikker, AK Veenstra, B Nathan, et al. 2023. “Assessing the Relative Importance of Satellite-Detected Methane Superemitters in Quantifying Total Emissions for Oil and Gas Production Areas in Algeria.” Environmental Science & Technology 57 (48): 19545–56. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c04746.
Pandey, Sudhanshu, Ritesh Gautam, Sander Houweling, Hugo Denier Van Der Gon, Pankaj Sadavarte, Tobias Borsdorff, Otto Hasekamp, et al. 2019. “Satellite Observations Reveal Extreme Methane Leakage from a Natural Gas Well Blowout.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (52): 26376–81. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1908712116.
Pandey, Sudhanshu, Maarten van Nistelrooij, Joannes D Maasakkers, Pratik Sutar, Sander Houweling, Daniel J Varon, Paul Tol, David Gains, John Worden, and Ilse Aben. 2023. “Daily Detection and Quantification of Methane Leaks Using Sentinel-3: A Tiered Satellite Observation Approach with Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5p.” Remote Sensing of Environment 296: 113716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113716.
Sadavarte, Pankaj, Sudhanshu Pandey, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Alba Lorente, Tobias Borsdorff, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Sander Houweling, and Ilse Aben. 2021. “Methane Emissions from Superemitting Coal Mines in Australia Quantified Using TROPOMI Satellite Observations.” Environmental Science & Technology 55 (24): 16573–80. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c03976.
Schuit, Berend J, Joannes D Maasakkers, Pieter Bijl, Gourav Mahapatra, Anne-Wil Van den Berg, Sudhanshu Pandey, Alba Lorente, et al. 2023. “Automated Detection and Monitoring of Methane Super-Emitters Using Satellite Data.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 1–47. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-9071-2023.
Velde, Ivar R van der, Guido R van der Werf, Sander Houweling, Joannes D Maasakkers, Tobias Borsdorff, Jochen Landgraf, Paul Tol, et al. 2021. “Vast CO2 Release from Australian Fires in 2019–2020 Constrained by Satellite.” Nature 597 (7876): 366–69. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03712-y.