High resolution satellite observations give new view of UK air quality

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New state‐of‐the‐art satellite measurements of tropospheric column NO2 from the TROPOMI instrument on‐board Sentinel‐5 Precursor (S5P), launched in October 2017, allow for an unprecedented high resolution (sub‐10km) assessment of UK air quality (AQ) from space. We present the first results from TROPOMI and compare them with its predecessor, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), to quantify previously unresolved UK pollution hotspots (e.g. Bristol, Southampton and Liverpool). The TROPOMI tropospheric column NO2 data represents a powerful new tool to quantify UK AQ, evaluate atmospheric composition models and potentially derive new emission inventories from space.

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Authors/Creators:	Pope, RJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3587-837X Graham, AM Chipperfield, MP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6803-4149 Veefkind, JP
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2019 Royal Meteorological Society. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pope, RJ , Graham, AM, Chipperfield, MP et al. (1 more author) (2019) High resolution satellite observations give new view of UK air quality. Weather. ISSN 0043-1656, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3441. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Dates:	Accepted: 23 November 2018 Published (online): 30 January 2019 Published: 9 September 2019
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	18 Feb 2019 10:45
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2020 01:39
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Wiley
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3441

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