Satellite Observations of NO(2) Trend over Romania

Satellite-based measurements of atmospheric trace gases loading give a realistic image of atmospheric pollution at global, regional, and urban level. The aim of this paper is to investigate the trend of atmospheric NO(2) content over Romania for the period 1996–2010 for several regions which are gen...

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Autores principales: Constantin, Daniel-Eduard, Voiculescu, Mirela, Georgescu, Lucian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3886225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24453819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/261634
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Sumario:Satellite-based measurements of atmospheric trace gases loading give a realistic image of atmospheric pollution at global, regional, and urban level. The aim of this paper is to investigate the trend of atmospheric NO(2) content over Romania for the period 1996–2010 for several regions which are generally characterized by different pollutant loadings, resulting from GOME-1, SCIAMACHY, OMI, and GOME-2 instruments. Satellite results are then compared with ground-based in situ measurements made in industrial and relatively clean areas of one major city in Romania. This twofold approach will help in estimating whether the trend of NO(2) obtained by means of data satellite retrievals can be connected with the evolution of national industry and transportation.

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