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    Measurements of tropospheric NO2 in Romania using a zenith-sky mobile DOAS system and comparisons with satellite observations

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    Constantin, D.-E.
    Merlaud, A.
    Van Roozendael, M.
    Voiculescu, M.
    Fayt, C.
    Hendrick, F.
    Pinardi, G.
    Georgescu, L.
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    Discipline
    Earth and related Environmental sciences
    Subject
    Differential optical absorption spectroscopy
    DOAS
    Mobile measurements
    Nitrogen dioxides
    Ozone monitoring instruments
    Satellite measurements
    Satellite observations
    Vertical column densities
    Nitrogen oxides
    Satellites
    Spectrophotometers
    Troposphere
    Ultraviolet spectrometers
    Measurements
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2013
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    In this paper we present a new method for retrieving tropospheric NO2 Vertical Column Density (VCD) from zenith-sky Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) measurements using mobile observations. This method was used during three days in the summer of 2011 in Romania, being to our knowledge the first mobile DOAS measurements peformed in this country. The measurements were carried out over large and different areas using a mobile DOAS system installed in a car. We present here a step-by-step retrieval of tropospheric VCD using complementary observations from ground and space which take into account the stratospheric contribution, which is a step forward compared to other similar studies. The detailed error budget indicates that the typical uncertainty on the retrieved NO2tropospheric VCD is less than 25%. The resulting ground-based data set is compared to satellite measurements from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2 (GOME-2). For instance, on 18 July 2011, in an industrial area located at 47.03°N, 22.45°E, GOME-2 observes a tropospheric VCD value of (3.4 ± 1.9) × 1015 molec./cm2, while average mobile measurements in the same area give a value of (3.4 ± 0.7) × 1015 molec./cm2. On 22 August 2011, around Ploiesti city (44.99°N, 26.1°E), the tropospheric VCD observed by satellites is (3.3 ± 1.9) × 1015 molec./cm2 (GOME-2) and (3.2 ± 3.2) × 1015 molec./cm2 (OMI), while average mobile measurements give (3.8 ± 0.8) × 1015 molec./cm2. Average ground measurements over “clean areas”, on 18 July 2011, give (2.5 ± 0.6) × 1015 molec./cm2 while the satellite observes a value of (1.8 ± 1.3) × 1015 molec./cm2.
    Citation
    Constantin, D.-E.; Merlaud, A.; Van Roozendael, M.; Voiculescu, M.; Fayt, C.; Hendrick, F.; Pinardi, G.; Georgescu, L. (2013). Measurements of tropospheric NO2 in Romania using a zenith-sky mobile DOAS system and comparisons with satellite observations. , Sensors, Vol. 13, Issue 3, 3922-3940, DOI: 10.3390/s130303922.
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    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/2906
    doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130303922
    scopus: 2-s2.0-84875488908
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    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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