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Decreasing trends of ammonia emissions over Europe seen from remote sensing and inverse modelling
Ondřej Tichý
The Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Prague, Czech Republic
Sabine Eckhardt
The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Research (ATMOS), Kjeller, Norway
Yves Balkanski
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Didier Hauglustaine
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Nikolaos Evangeliou
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The Climate and Environmental Research Institute NILU, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Research (ATMOS), Kjeller, Norway
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We show declining trends in NH3 emissions over Europe for 2013–2020 using advanced dispersion and inverse modelling and satellite measurements from CrIS. Emissions decreased by −26% since 2013, showing that the abatement strategies adopted by the European Union have been very efficient. Ammonia emissions are low in winter and peak in summer due to temperature-dependent soil volatilization. The largest decreases were observed in central and western Europe in countries with high emissions.
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