MAX-DOAS tropospheric nitrogen dioxide column measurements compared with the Lotos-Euros air quality model

Vlemmix, T.; Eskes, H. J.; Piters, A. J. M.; Schaap, M.; Sauter, F. J.; Kelder, H.; Levelt, P. F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1313-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1313-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-1313-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

Research article

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06 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 06 Feb 2015

MAX-DOAS tropospheric nitrogen dioxide column measurements compared with the Lotos-Euros air quality model

T. Vlemmix, H. J. Eskes, A. J. M. Piters, M. Schaap, F. J. Sauter, H. Kelder, and P. F. Levelt

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RC C13461: 'Review of Vlemmix et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Dec 2011
RC C13505: 'MAX-DOAS tropospheric NO2 column measurements compared with the Lotos-Euros AQ model', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Dec 2011
AC C16729: 'Authors' response to referee comments', Tim Vlemmix, 13 Nov 2014

Short summary

Ground-based remote sensing measurements of nitrogen dioxide are compared to the Lotos-Euros air quality (AQ) model. Measurements were taken in the Netherlands with a UV-Vis spectrometer which observes scattered sunlight under different elevation viewing angles. On average, a surprisingly good agreement is found. Perhaps most striking is the agreement between model and observations as a function of wind direction. This demonstrates the quality of the AQ model and underlying emission inventory.