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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3313-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3313-2025
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19 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2025

Estimating the variability in NOx emissions from Wuhan with TROPOMI NO2 data during 2018 to 2023

Qianqian Zhang, K. Folkert Boersma, Chiel van der Laan, Alba Mols, Bin Zhao, Shengyue Li, and Yuepeng Pan

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Accurate NOx emission estimates are required to better understand air pollution. This study investigates and demonstrates the ability of the superposition column model in combination with TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 column data to estimate city-scale NOx emissions and lifetimes and their variabilities. The results of this work nevertheless confirm the strength of the superposition column model in estimating urban NOx emissions with reasonable accuracy.
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