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Articles | Volume 23, issue 7
Articles | Volume 23, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4577-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-4577-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 7
Research article
 | 
14 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 14 Apr 2023

Identifying and accounting for the Coriolis effect in satellite NO2 observations and emission estimates

Daniel A. Potts, Roger Timmis, Emma J. S. Ferranti, and Joshua D. Vande Hey

Data sets

S5P Nitrogen Dioxide v02.03.01 intermediate reprocessing on the S5P-PAL system H. Eskes, J. van Geffen, M. Sneep, P. Veefkind, S. Niemeijer, and C. Zehner https://data-portal.s5p-pal.com/products/no2.html

Global Power Plant Database Global Energy Observatory https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase

ERA5 hourly data on pressure levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.bd0915c6

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With the launch of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) in 2017, it is now possible to observe pollutants emitted from individual industrial facilities on a daily basis around the globe. By using observations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) from 16 different industrial sites, we show how the Coriolis effect influences the trajectory of these emission plumes as well as how the additional curvature can lead to a substantial underestimation of the calculated emissions.
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