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Emissions of nitrogen oxides from US urban areas: estimation from Ozone Monitoring Instrument retrievals for 2005–2014 [1]

Satellite remote sensing of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can provide valuable information for estimating surface nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions. Using an exponentially modified Gaussian (EMG) method and taking into account the effect of wind on observed NO2 distributions, we estimate 3-year moving-average emissions of summertime NOx from 35 US (United States) urban areas directly from NO2 retrievals of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) during 2005–2014.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
21/09/2015
Z. Lu [3], D. G. Streets [4], B. de Foy & et al [5]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics [6]
10367–10383
Tags:
Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx) [7], Urban Air Quality [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Remote Sensing [10], Aerosols [11], Atmosphere [12]
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