Tropospheric NO2 from satellites

Tropospheric NO2 columns derived from satellite observations.

Data and images

Info on upgrade to DOMINO version 2

Info on QA4ECV data product (developed within EU project QA4ECV)

Data use / Citation

For TROPOMI data:

van Geffen, J.H.G.M., Eskes, H.J., Boersma, K.F., Maasakkers, J.D. and Veefkind, J.P., TROPOMI ATBD of the total and tropospheric NO2 data products, Report S5P-KNMI-L2-0005-RP, KNMI, De Bilt, The Netherlands; see the NO2 data product page for the latest available version.

Georgoulias, A. K., van der A, R. J., Stammes, P., Boersma, K. F., and Eskes, H. J.: Trends and trend reversal detection in 2 decades of tropospheric NO2 satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 19, 6269-6294, doi:10.5194/acp-19-6269-2019, 2019.

Boersma, K.F., H.J. Eskes, R. J. Dirksen, R. J. van der A, J. P. Veefkind, P. Stammes, V. Huijnen, Q. L. Kleipool, M. Sneep, J. Claas, J. Leitao, A. Richter, Y. Zhou, and D. Brunner, An improved retrieval of tropospheric NO2 columns from the Ozone ~Monitoring Instrument, Atmos. Meas. Tech. 4, 1905-1928, doi:10.5194/amt-4-1905-2011, 2011.

Boersma, K.F., H.J. Eskes and E.J. Brinksma, Error Analysis for Tropospheric NO2 Retrieval from Space, J. Geophys. Res. 109, D04311, doi:10.1029/2003JD003962, 2004.

Acknowledgement

The NO2 data products of GOME-2 were generated using level 1 data developed by EUMETSAT.

Documentation and software

• Data version overview
• NO2 data product page with links to the latest available version of the ATBD, Product User Manual (PUM) and Product ReadMe File (PRF)

OMI:

• Product Specification Document(pdf) for version 2.0
• Reading software and documentation for reading the NO2 HDF5 data in Fortran90
• Conversion software and documentation for converting the NO2 HDF5 data to HDF4 data in Fortran90
• Reading software and documentation for HDF4 data in Fortran90
• Reading program and documentation for reading the NO2 HDF5 data in IDL
• Conversion program and documentation for converting the NO2 HDF5 data to HDF4 data in IDL
• Reading instructions for HDF4 data in IDL (pdf)
• Reading instructions for ASCII TOMS dataformat (pdf)

GOME-2/SCIAMACHY/GOME:

• Product Specification Document(pdf)
• Algorithm Document for tropospheric NO2 (pdf) of version 1.0
• Reading instructions for ASCII TOMS dataformat (pdf)

Background information and scientific publications

• Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO2 retrieval: impact of version v2.2 improvements and comparisons with OMI and ground-based data
  Van Geffen, J.H.G.M., Eskes, H.J., Compernolle, S., Pinardi, G., Verhoelst, T., Lambert, J.-C., Sneep, M., ter Linden, M., Ludewig, A., Boersma, K.F. and Veefkind, J.P.,
  Atmos. Meas. Tech. 15, 2037-2060, doi:10.5194/amt-15-2037-2022, 2022.
• S5P TROPOMI NO2 slant column retrieval: method, stability, uncertainties and comparisons with OMI
  van Geffen, J., Boersma, K.F., Eskes, H., Sneep, M., ter Linden, M., Zara, M. and Veefkind, J.P.
  Atmos. Meas. Tech. 13, 1315-1335, doi:10.5194/amt-13-1315-2020 2020.
• Improving algorithms and uncertainty estimates for satellite NO2 retrievals: Results from the Quality Assurance for Essential Climate Variables (QA4ECV) project Variables (QA4ECV) project
  Boersma, K. F., Eskes, H. J., Richter, A., De Smedt, I., Lorente, A., Beirle, S., van Geffen, J. H. G. M., Zara, M., Peters, E., Van Roozendael, M., Wagner, T., Maasakkers, J. D., van der A, R. J., Nightingale, J., De Rudder, A., Irie, H., Pinardi, G., Lambert, J.-C. and Compernolle, S.
  Atmos. Meas. Tech. 11, 6651-6678, doi:10.5194/amt-11-6651-2018, 2018.
• An improved retrieval of tropospheric NO2 columns from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument
  K. F. Boersma, H. J. Eskes, R. J. Dirksen, R. J. van der A, J. P. Veefkind, P. Stammes, V.Huijnen,Q.L. Kleipool, M. Sneep, J. Claas, J. Leitao, A. Richter, Y. Zhou, and D. Brunner
  Atmos. Meas. Tech. 4, 1905-1928, doi:10.5194/amt-4-1905-2011, 2011.
• Identification of NO2 sources and their trends from space using seasonal variability analyses
  R.J. van der A, H.J. Eskes, K.F. Boersma, T.P.C. van Noije, M. Van Roozendael, I. De Smedt, D.H.M.U. Peters, J.J.P. Kuenen and E.W. Meijer
  J. Geophys. Res. 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009021, 2008.
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• Near-real time retrieval of tropospheric NO2 from OMI
  Boersma, K.F., H.J. Eskes, J.P. Veefkind, E.J. Brinksma, R.J. van der A, M. Sneep, G.H.J. van den Oord, P.F. Levelt, P. Stammes, J.F. Gleason and E.J. Bucsela
  Atm. Chem. Phys., 2013-2128, doi:10.5194/acp-7-2103-2007, 2007.
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• Detection of the trend and seasonal variation in tropospheric NO2 over China
  R.J. van der A, D.H.M.U. Peters, H.J. Eskes, K.F. Boersma, M. Van Roozendael, I. De Smedt en H.M. Kelder
  J. Geophys. Res. 111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006594, 2006.
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• Estimates of lightning NOx production from GOME satellite observations
  K.F. Boersma, H.J. Eskes, E.W. Meijer and H.M. Kelder
  Atmos. Chem. Phys. 5, 1-21, doi:10.5194/acp-5-1-2005, 2005.
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• Error Analysis for Tropospheric NO2 Retrieval from Space
  K.F. Boersma, H.J. Eskes and E.J. Brinksma
  J. Geophys. Res. 109, D04311, doi:10.1029/2003JD003962, 2004.
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• Averaging kernels for DOAS total-column satellite retrievals
  H.J. Eskes and K.F. Boersma
  Atmos. Chem. Phys. 3, 1285-1291, doi:10.5194/acp-3-1285-2003, 2003.
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