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NO2 reduction around Beijing
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NO2 reduction around Beijing

03/07/2009 216 views 0 likes 213075 ID

The calculated reduction of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) columns during the 2008 Olympic Games obtained by comparing GOME-2 data with CHIMERE model results. This comparison is used to compensate for atypical meteorological conditions. A reduction of NO2 concentrations of approximately 60% is found above Beijing. The air quality measures were especially effective in the Beijing area, but also noticeable in surrounding cities of Tianjin (30% reduction) and Shijiazhuang (20% reduction).

GOME-2 is an atmospheric instrument on the MetOp satellite, which was developed by ESA in cooperation with EUMETSAT.

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