Antoine Comiant

Background

• BA in Bioengineering, UCLouvain (2017–2021)
• MA in Bioengineering, UCLouvain (2021–2022)
• Master thesis: in Environmental Sciences, "Detection and identification of point sources of anthropogenic SO2 in Asia using satellite infrared measurements", ULB (2022–2024)
• PhD student in Sciences, ULB (2024-present)

PhD project

Study of Carbon Monoxide from Satellite Measurements in Geostationary Orbit.

Carbon monoxide (CO) plays a crucial role in tropospheric chemistry by regulating the atmosphere's oxidative capacity. Primarily emitted by human activities (transport, heating, industry) and fires, CO can be transported over thousands of kilometers due to its long atmospheric lifetime, making it an excellent tracer of pollution. The SQUARES (ULB) and LATMOS (Sorbonne University) laboratories have developed internationally recognized expertise in analyzing satellite data, particularly from the IASI mission (in orbit since 2006), to map global CO concentrations. In 2025, the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG-IRS) satellite will provide unprecedented precision and frequency for monitoring CO over Europe and Africa. My research will focus on: 1. Identifying point sources of CO using IASI data. 2. Developing neural network-based algorithms to estimate CO concentrations, in preparation for the MTG-IRS mission, and testing them on GIIRS satellite data. 3. Analyzing CO variations across Europe and Africa to better understand pollution sources, sinks, and transport mechanisms.

Publications

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Contact

Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry and Atmospheric Remote Sensing (SQUARES)(https://squares.ulb.be//),
Université Libre de Bruxelles, CP160/09
50 Av. F.D. Roosevelt, B-1050 Belgium
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