The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

PF Levelt, J Joiner, J Tamminen… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
This overview paper highlights the successes of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on
board the Aura satellite spanning a period of nearly 14 years. Data from OMI has been used …

Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

P Zoogman, X Liu, RM Suleiman… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2017 - Elsevier
TEMPO was selected in 2012 by NASA as the first Earth Venture Instrument, for launch
between 2018 and 2021. It will measure atmospheric pollution for greater North America …

Volatile chemical product emissions enhance ozone and modulate urban chemistry

MM Coggon, GI Gkatzelis… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Decades of air quality improvements have substantially reduced the motor vehicle
emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Today, volatile chemical products (VCPs) …

Disentangling the Impact of the COVID‐19 Lockdowns on Urban NO2 From Natural Variability

DL Goldberg, SC Anenberg, D Griffin… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
TROPOMI satellite data show substantial drops in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) during COVID‐19
physical distancing. To attribute NO2 changes to NOx emissions changes over short …

A new mechanism for atmospheric mercury redox chemistry: implications for the global mercury budget

HM Horowitz, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
Mercury (Hg) is emitted to the atmosphere mainly as volatile elemental Hg 0. Oxidation to
water-soluble Hg II plays a major role in Hg deposition to ecosystems. Here, we implement a …

A space‐based, high‐resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)

BN Duncan, LN Lamsal, AM Thompson… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Nitrogen oxides (NOx= NO+ NO2) are produced during combustion processes and,
thus may serve as a proxy for fossil fuel‐based energy usage and coemitted greenhouse …

Inferring Changes in Summertime Surface Ozone–NOx–VOC Chemistry over US Urban Areas from Two Decades of Satellite and Ground-Based Observations

X Jin, A Fiore, KF Boersma, ID Smedt… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Urban ozone (O3) formation can be limited by NO x, VOCs, or both, complicating the design
of effective O3 abatement plans. A satellite-retrieved ratio of formaldehyde to NO2 …

Why do models overestimate surface ozone in the Southeast United States?

KR Travis, DJ Jacob, JA Fisher, PS Kim… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Ozone pollution in the Southeast US involves complex chemistry driven by emissions of
anthropogenic nitrogen oxide radicals (NO x≡ NO+ NO 2) and biogenic isoprene. Model …

Diagnosing ozone–NOx–VOC sensitivity and revealing causes of ozone increases in China based on 2013–2021 satellite retrievals

J Ren, F Guo, S Xie - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
Particulate matter (PM 2.5) concentrations in China have decreased significantly in recent
years, but surface ozone (O 3) concentrations showed upward trends at more than 71% of …

Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aura nitrogen dioxide standard product version 4.0 with improved surface and cloud treatments

LN Lamsal, NA Krotkov, A Vasilkov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
We present a new and improved version (V4. 0) of the NASA standard nitrogen dioxide (NO
2) product from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on the Aura satellite. This version …