Welcome to the ITMS Project

Welcome to the ITMS Project

ITMS (“Integriertes Treibhausgas-Monitoringsystem für Deutschland“ in English as “Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany”) is a BMFTR (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt)-funded project designed to enable Germany to operationally monitor the sources and sinks of the three most important long-lived greenhouse gases (GHG) CO2, CH4, N2O via independent measurements. The collaborative project will support Data-driven GHG monitoring against "alternative facts" and "fake news" and in the long term result in the establishment of an operational GHG data assimilation service at the DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst).

Recent News

Figure: (a) Spatial distribution of a priori emissions and (b) their relative uncertainties, as well as (c) scaling of emissions by the emissions estimate and (d) absolute uncertainty of this scaling. Source: Bruch et al. 2025.
As part of the ITMS project, an estimate of German methane emissions for 2021 based on observational data has been published for scientific discussion. The system developed at Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) serves as a demonstrator for ITMS.
Registration for the 3rd General Assembly of the ITMS project
Registration for our third General Assembly from 23-25 September 2025 in Heidelberg is now open.
ITMS Showcases Interdisciplinary Research at EGU 2025
The ITMS project was prominently featured at the 2025 EGU General Assembly, held from April 28 to May 2 in Vienna, Austria.

Events

3rd General Assembly of the "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)"

Sep 23, 2025 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Sep 25, 2025 02:00 PM
Hörsaal 2, Kirchoff Institut für Physik (Im Neuenheimer Feld 227), UHEI, Heidelberg

2nd General Assembly of the "Integrated Greenhouse Gas Monitoring System for Germany (ITMS)"

Sep 24, 2024 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) - Sep 26, 2024 05:30 PM
FTU Aula, KIT Campus Nord, Karlsruhe

ITMS Panel discussion at the German Climate Pavilion in COP 28

Dec 1, 2023 07:00 AM - 08:30 AM (Local Time Germany)
Live in Dubai, UAE & also Online (See YouTube link)
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