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Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6271-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6271-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
Research article
 | 
07 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 07 Jun 2023

Background nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over the United States and its implications for satellite observations and trends: effects of nitrate photolysis, aircraft, and open fires

Ruijun Dang, Daniel J. Jacob, Viral Shah, Sebastian D. Eastham, Thibaud M. Fritz, Loretta J. Mickley, Tianjia Liu, Yi Wang, and Jun Wang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6271-2023-supplement

Data sets

OMI/Aura Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Total and Tropospheric Column 1-orbit L2 Swath 13 x 24 km V003 N. A. Krotkov, L. N. Lamsal, S. V. Marchenko, E. J. Bucsela, W. H. Swartz, J. Joiner, and the OMI core team https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/OMNO2\textunderscore 003/summary

Hazard Mapping System Fire and Smoke Product HMS Science Team https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/land/hms.html

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We use the GEOS-Chem model to better understand the magnitude and trend in free tropospheric NO2 over the contiguous US. Model underestimate of background NO2 is largely corrected by considering aerosol nitrate photolysis. Increase in aircraft emissions affects satellite retrievals by altering the NO2 shape factor, and this effect is expected to increase in future. We show the importance of properly accounting for the free tropospheric background in interpreting NO2 observations from space.
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