Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

DG Streets, T Canty, GR Carmichael, B de Foy… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
Since the mid-1990s a new generation of Earth-observing satellites has been able to detect
tropospheric air pollution at increasingly high spatial and temporal resolution. Most primary …

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 …

Air quality management in China: Issues, challenges, and options

S Wang, J Hao - Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2012 - Elsevier
This article analyzed the control progress and current status of air quality, identified the
major air pollution issues and challenges in future, proposed the long-term air pollution …

Remote sensing of environmental change over China: A review

P Gong - Chinese Science Bulletin, 2012 - Springer
China is a large country by area. In situ monitoring of the environment cannot meet the
demand of the society. For large areas, remote sensing is the only viable technology for …

Burden of disease from rising coal-fired power plant emissions in Southeast Asia

SN Koplitz, DJ Jacob, MP Sulprizio… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Southeast Asia has a very high population density and is on a fast track to economic
development, with most of the growth in electricity demand currently projected to be met by …

Model-free daily inversion of NOx emissions using TROPOMI (MCMFE-NOx) and its uncertainty: Declining regulated emissions and growth of new sources

K Qin, L Lu, J Liu, Q He, J Shi, W Deng, S Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Current approaches to estimate NO x emissions fail to account for new and small sources,
biomass burning, and sources which change rapidly in time, generally don't account for …

Ozone Monitoring Instrument Observations of Interannual Increases in SO2 Emissions from Indian Coal-Fired Power Plants during 2005–2012

Z Lu, DG Streets, B De Foy… - Environmental science & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Due to the rapid growth of electricity demand and the absence of regulations, sulfur dioxide
(SO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants in India have increased notably in the past …

Emissions of nitrogen oxides from US urban areas: estimation from Ozone Monitoring Instrument retrievals for 2005–2014

Z Lu, DG Streets, B De Foy, LN Lamsal… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - acp.copernicus.org
Satellite remote sensing of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) can provide valuable
information for estimating surface nitrogen oxides (NO x) emissions. Using an exponentially …

Growth in NOx emissions from power plants in China: bottom-up estimates and satellite observations

SW Wang, Q Zhang, DG Streets, KB He… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - acp.copernicus.org
Using OMI (Ozone Monitoring Instrument) tropospheric NO 2 columns and a nested-grid 3-D
global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem), we investigated the growth in NO x …

Increase in NOx Emissions from Indian Thermal Power Plants during 1996–2010: Unit-Based Inventories and Multisatellite Observations

Z Lu, DG Streets - Environmental science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Driven by rapid economic development and growing electricity demand, NO x emissions (E)
from the power sector in India have increased dramatically since the mid-1990s. In this …