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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-3099
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-3099
16 Jan 2024
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Monitoring European anthropogenic NOx emissions from space

Ronald Johannes van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes

Abstract. Since the launch of TROPOMI on the S5p satellite, NO2 observations have become available with a resolution of 3.5x5 km, which makes monitoring NOx emissions possible at the scale of city districts and industrial facilities. For Europe, emissions are reported on an annual basis for country totals and large industrial facilities and made publicly available via the European Environmental Agency (EEA). Satellite observations can provide independent and more timely information on NOx emissions. A new version of the inversion algorithm DECSO (Daily Emissions Constraint by Satellite Observations) has been developed for deriving NOx emissions for Europe on a daily basis, averaged to monthly mean maps. The estimated precision of these monthly emissions is about 25 % for individual grid cells. These satellite-derived emissions from DECSO have been compared to the officially reported European emissions and spatial-temporal disaggregated emission inventories. The country total DECSO NOx emissions are close to the reported emissions and the emissions compiled by the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS). The comparison of the spatial distributed NOx emissions of DECSO and CAMS showed that the satellite-derived emissions are often higher in cities, while similar for large power plants and slightly lower in rural areas.

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03 Jul 2024
Monitoring European anthropogenic NOx emissions from space
Ronald J. van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7523–7534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024, 2024
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Ronald Johannes van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes

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  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-3099', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ronald van der A, 28 Mar 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-3099', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ronald van der A, 28 Mar 2024

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-3099', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ronald van der A, 28 Mar 2024
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-3099', Anonymous Referee #2, 21 Feb 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Ronald van der A, 28 Mar 2024

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AR by Ronald van der A on behalf of the Authors (28 Mar 2024)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Apr 2024) by Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Apr 2024)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 May 2024)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (11 May 2024) by Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath
AR by Ronald van der A on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2024)  Author's response   Manuscript 

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

03 Jul 2024
Monitoring European anthropogenic NOx emissions from space
Ronald J. van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7523–7534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024, 2024
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Ronald Johannes van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes
Ronald Johannes van der A, Jieying Ding, and Henk Eskes

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Using observations of the Sentinel 5P satellite and the latest version of the inversion algorithm DECSO, anthropogenic NOx emissions are derived for Europe for the years 2019–2022 with a spatial resolution of 0.2 degree. The results are compared with European emissions of the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service.