Ground-based Multi-AXis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) observations of NO2 and H2CO at Kinshasa and comparisons with TROPOMI observations
Rodriguez Yombo Phaka,Alexis Merlaud,Gaia Pinardi,Martina M. Friedrich,Michel Van Roozendael,Jean-François Müller,Trissevgeni Stavrakou,Isabelle De Smedt,François Hendrick,Ermioni Dimitropoulou,Richard Bopili Mbotia Lepiba,Edmond Phuku Phuati,Buenimio Lomami Djibi,Lars Jacobs,Caroline Fayt,Jean-Pierre Mbungu Tsumbu,and Emmanuel Mahieu
We present air quality measurements in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, performed with a newly developed instrument which was installed on a roof of the University of Kinshasa in November 2019. The instrument records spectra of the scattered sunlight, from which we derive the abundances of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde, two important pollutants. We compare our ground-based measurements with those of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI).
We present air quality measurements in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, performed...