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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2389-2021
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Research article
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26 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 26 Mar 2021
| 26 Mar 2021
New observations of NO2 in the upper troposphere from TROPOMI
Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
John F. Roberts
Centre for Landscape and Climate Research, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Robert G. Ryan
School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Sydney, Australia
now at: Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Henk Eskes
Satellite Observations Department, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
K. Folkert Boersma
Satellite Observations Department, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), De Bilt, the Netherlands
Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Wageningen University (WUR), Wageningen, the Netherlands
Sungyeon Choi
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Joanna Joiner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Nader Abuhassan
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland,Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Alberto Redondas
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center, AEMET, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
Michel Grutter
Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Alexander Cede
LuftBlick, Fritz-Konzert-Straße 4, Innsbruck, Austria
Laura Gomez
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Área de Investigación e Instrumentación Atmosférica, Madrid, Spain
Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique, URM CNRS 7331, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687 Reims CEDEX 2, France
Monica Navarro-Comas
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA), Área de Investigación e Instrumentación Atmosférica, Madrid, Spain
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Latest update: 18 Jul 2025
Short summary
Nitrogen oxides in the upper troposphere have a profound influence on the global troposphere, but routine reliable observations there are exceedingly rare. We apply cloud-slicing to TROPOMI total columns of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) at high spatial resolution to derive near-global observations of NO2 in the upper troposphere and show consistency with existing datasets. These data offer tremendous potential to address knowledge gaps in this oft underappreciated portion of the atmosphere.
Nitrogen oxides in the upper troposphere have a profound influence on the global troposphere,...
