NOx emissions archive of TROPOMI

NOx surface emissions derived by the DECSO algorithm from TROPOMI observations of tropospheric NO2 columns. The resolution of the emissions is 0.05 degree (about 5 km), 0.1 degree (10 km) or 0.2 degree (20 km).



EUROPE - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.1 degree) for 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

NETHERLANDS - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.05 degree) for 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

YANGTZE RIVER DELTA - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.1 degree) for 2019

SHANGHAI - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.05 degree) for 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

MIDDLE EAST - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.2 degree) for 2019

NORTH AFRICA - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.2 degree) for 2019

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.2 degree) for 2019

ETHIOPIA - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.2 degree) for 2019

SOUTHERN AFRICA - DECSO v6.5

Monthly NOx emissions (0.2 degree) for 2019

Data Version and Issues

Information about the data versions can be found here.

Citation

If you used NOx emission data for a publication (research or otherwise), or for any other purpose, please refer to the following publication:

  • van der A, R.J., J. Ding, H.J. Eskes, Monitoring European anthropgenic NOx emissions from space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7523-7534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024, 2024.

References

  • van der A, R.J., J. Ding, H.J. Eskes, Monitoring European anthropgenic NOx emissions from space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 7523-7534, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7523-2024, 2024.
  • Xiaojuan Lin, Ronald J. van der A, Jos de Laat, et al. European soil NOx emissions derived from satellite NO2 observations. ESS Open Archive . December 10, 2023. DOI: 10.22541/essoar.170224578.81570487/v1
  • Ding, J., R.J. van der A, H.J. Eskes, B. Mijling, T. Stavrakou, J.H.G.M. van Geffen, J.P. Veefkind, Chinese NOx emission reductions and rebound as a result of the COVID-19 3 crisis quantified through inversion of TROPOMI NO2 observations
  • Ding, J., van der A, R. J., Mijling, B., Jalkanen, J.-P., Johansson, L. and Levelt, P. F., Maritime NOx emissions over Chinese seas derived from satellite observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076788, 2018
  • Ding, J., R.J. van der A, B. Mijling and P.F. Levelt, Space-based NOx emission estimates over remote regions improved in DECSO Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2017, 10, 925-938, doi:10.5194/amt-10-925-2017.
  • Ding, J., Miyazaki, K., van der A, R.J., Mijling, B., Kurokawa, J., Cho, S., Janssens-Maenhout, G., Zhang, Q., Liu, F., and Levelt, P.F., Intercomparison of NOx emission inventories over East Asia Atm. Chem. Phys., 2017, 17, 10125-10141, doi:doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10125-2017.
  • Ding, J., R.J. van der A, B. Mijling, P.F. Levelt, and N. Hao (2015). NOx emission estimates during the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 6337-6372, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-6337-2015. [pdf]
  • Mijling, B., R.J. van der A, R. J., and Q. Zhang (2013). Regional nitrogen oxides emission trends in East Asia observed from space. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 12003-12012, doi:10.5194/acp-13-12003-2013. [pdf]
  • Mijling, B. and R. van der A (2012). Using daily satellite observations to estimate emissions of short-lived air pollutants on a mesoscopic scale. J. Geophys. Res. 117, D17, doi:10.1029/2012JD017817.

Data provider

   Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)  • contact persons: Ronald van der A, Jieying Ding