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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-1333-2022
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Research article
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26 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 26 Jan 2022
| 26 Jan 2022
A new method for inferring city emissions and lifetimes of nitrogen oxides from high-resolution nitrogen dioxide observations: a model study
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Columbia, MD 21046, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
now at: Morgan State University, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Zhining Tao
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Columbia, MD 21046, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
now at: Morgan State University, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Steffen Beirle
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
Joanna Joiner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Yasuko Yoshida
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD 20706, USA
Steven J. Smith
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD 20740, USA
K. Emma Knowland
Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Columbia, MD 21046, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
now at: Morgan State University, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II, Baltimore, MD 21251, USA
Thomas Wagner
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Short summary
In this work, we present a novel method to infer NOx emissions and lifetimes based on tropospheric NO2 observations together with reanalysis wind fields for cities located in polluted backgrounds. We evaluate the accuracy of the method using synthetic NO2 observations derived from a high-resolution model simulation. Our work provides an estimate for uncertainties in satellite-derived emissions inferred from chemical transport model (CTM)-independent approaches.
In this work, we present a novel method to infer NOx emissions and lifetimes based on...
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