Emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) from coal-fired power plants in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: First attempts for a validation of TROPOMI satellite products with airborne in situ measurements
| dc.contributor.author | Huntrieser, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Klausner-Harlaß, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Aufmhoff, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baumann, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiehn, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gottschaldt, K.-D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hedelt, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lutz, R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mrazovac Kurilić, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Podraščanin, Z. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ilić, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Theys, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jöckel, P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Loyola, D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Makroum, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mertens, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Roiger, A. | |
| dc.date | 2023 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-10T09:22:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-10T09:22:31Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/11049 | |
| dc.description | The Western Balkan region is known for emitting alarmingly high sulphur dioxide amounts from coal-fired power plants. Though a number of environmental regulations have been introduced in recent years (e.g. desulphurisation installations, construction of modern power plants), the pollution burden is still much higher than recommended by the authorities. A number of different montoring systems are required to observe the growing pollution situation in the Western Balkan region, partly caused by a high energy demand from outside (e.g. Western Europe). Several of the top ten SO2 polluters in Europe are located in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. Here we present the first in situ measurements of sulphur dioxide in this region conducted with a German research aircraft in cooperation with local scientists in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. Two of the strongtest emitting coal-fired power plants were selected for the measurements in autumn 2020: Tuzla in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nikola Tesla in Serbia (Nikola Tesla). The measurements were mainly conducted in the boundary layer (below ~1 km altitude in winter). Downwind of the power plants, extremely high SO2 mixing ratios exceeding 100 parts per billion (ppb = nmol mol-1) were measured at a distance of ~20-40 km from the sources. The SO2 plumes from the power plants were trapped in well-defined inversion layers between ~500-1000 m altitude. The airborne measurements can be used to validate synchronous spaceborne SO2 measurements from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) onboard the Sentinel-5P satellite. A first intercompariso | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| dc.title | Emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) from coal-fired power plants in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina: First attempts for a validation of TROPOMI satellite products with airborne in situ measurements | |
| dc.type | Book chapter | |
| dc.subject.frascati | Earth and related Environmental sciences | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.source.title | Environment | |
| dc.source.volume | Monograph LV | |
| dc.source.page | 169-201 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.7251/EORU2309169H | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | ||
| dc.source.editor | Ilić, P. | |
| dc.source.editor | Govedar, Z. | |
| dc.source.editor | Pržulj, N. |
