Catalog of NOx emissions from point sources as derived from the divergence of the NO2 flux for TROPOMI

Beirle, Steffen; Borger, Christian; Dörner, Steffen; Eskes, Henk; Kumar, Vinod; de Laat, Adrianus; Wagner, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2995-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2995-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2995-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Data description paper

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24 Jun 2021

Data description paper |

| 24 Jun 2021

Catalog of NO_x emissions from point sources as derived from the divergence of the NO₂ flux for TROPOMI

Steffen Beirle, Christian Borger, Steffen Dörner, Henk Eskes, Vinod Kumar, Adrianus de Laat, and Thomas Wagner

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-2995-2021-supplement

Data sets

Quantification of NOx point sources from TROPOMI S. Beirle, C. Borger, S. Dörner, H. Eskes, V. Kumar, A. de Laat, and T. Wagner https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/Quant_NOx_TROPOMI

Copernicus Sentinel-5P data products European Space Agency (ESA) https://doi.org/10.5270/S5P-s4ljg54

Short summary

A catalog of point sources of nitrogen oxides was created using satellite observations of NO₂. Key for the identification of point sources was the divergence, i.e., the difference between upwind and downwind levels of NO₂. The catalog lists 451 locations, of which 242 could be automatically matched to power plants. Other point sources are metal smelters, cement plants, or industrial areas. The catalog thus allows checking and improving of existing emission inventories.