Quantifying daily NOx and CO2 emissions from Wuhan using satellite observations from TROPOMI and OCO-2
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Published:2023-01-13
Issue:1
Volume:23
Page:551-563
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ISSN:1680-7324
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Container-title:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Atmos. Chem. Phys.
Author:
Zhang Qianqian, Boersma K. FolkertORCID, Zhao BinORCID, Eskes HenkORCID, Chen Cuihong, Zheng Haotian, Zhang Xingying
Abstract
Abstract. Quantification and control of NOx and CO2
emissions are essential across the world to limit adverse climate change and improve air quality. We present a new top-down method, an improved
superposition column model to estimate day-to-day NOx and CO2 emissions from the large city of Wuhan, China, located in a polluted background. The latest released version 2.3.1 TROPOMI (TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument) NO2 columns and version 10r of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)-observed CO2 mixing ratio are employed. We quantified daily NOx and CO2 emissions from Wuhan between September 2019 and October 2020 with an uncertainty of 31 % and 43 %, compared to 39 % and 49 % with the earlier v1.3 TROPOMI data, respectively. Our estimated NOx and CO2 emissions are verified against bottom-up inventories with minor deviations (<3 % for the 2019 mean, ranging from −20 % to 48 % on a daily basis). Based on the estimated CO2 emissions, we also predicted daily CO2 column mixing ratio enhancements, which match well with OCO-2 observations
(<5 % bias, within ±0.3 ppm). We capture the day-to-day variation of NOx and CO2 emissions from Wuhan in 2019–2020, which does not reveal a substantial “weekend reduction” but does show a clear “holiday reduction” in the NOx and CO2 emissions. Our method also quantifies the abrupt decrease and slow NOx and CO2 emissions rebound due to the Wuhan lockdown in early 2020. This work demonstrates the improved superposition model to be a promising new tool for the quantification of city NOx and CO2 emissions, allowing policymakers to gain real-time information on spatial–temporal emission
patterns and the effectiveness of carbon and nitrogen regulation in urban
environments.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China China Scholarship Council
Publisher
Copernicus GmbH
Subject
Atmospheric Science
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