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Using Satellite Observations for Air Quality Assessment with an Inverse Model System

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Numerical Methods and Applications (NMA 2010)

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The EURAD-IM chemistry transport model and its 4d-var inverse model extension is applied to one summer and one winter episode, in order to identify the benefit of tropospheric NO2 column retrievals for estimating near-surface nitrogen dioxide concentrations. Initial values and emission rates are jointly optimised by assimilating tropospheric NO2 data from the OMI, while European ground based observations are used for impact evaluation. Results show a moderate improvement of surface level nitrogen dioxide estimates during the summer episode, successfully sustained after the assimilation period through emission adjustments. In the winter case, the OMI data is of limited value due to lower boundary layer heights and thus smaller impact on emission rates.

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  1. Rhenish Institute for Environmental Research, Cologne, Germany

    Achim Strunk, Hendrik Elbern & Adolf Ebel

  2. Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

    Hendrik Elbern

  3. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands

    Achim Strunk

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  1. Institute of Computer and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev 25 A, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ivan Dimov

  2. Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Department Numerical Methods and Algorithms, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski",, blvd. James Bourchier 5, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Stefka Dimova

  3. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Bonchev St.,Bl.8, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Natalia Kolkovska

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Strunk, A., Elbern, H., Ebel, A. (2011). Using Satellite Observations for Air Quality Assessment with an Inverse Model System. In: Dimov, I., Dimova, S., Kolkovska, N. (eds) Numerical Methods and Applications. NMA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6046. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18466-6_20

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