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Nitrogen Dioxide from Aura/OMI, 2013-2014
Major sources of tropospheric NO2 include industrial emissions, automobile traffic, forest and brush fires, microbiological soil emissions, lightning, and aircraft. More than half of the total NO2 emissions are estimated to be anthropogenic, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels for energy production, transportation, and industrial activities. NO2 has a relatively short lifetime (about a day) and is therefore concentrated near its sources.
This yearlong timeseries of NO₂ from OMI run from July 2013 to July 2014.
An older sequence of daily images from September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010, shows the global perspective of tropospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as measured by the Ozone Measuring Instrument (OMI) flying aboard NASA's Aura spacecraft.
This is the color bar for the nitrogen dioxide animation.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Marit Jentoft-Nilsen (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Project support
- Leann Johnson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Writer
- Heather Hanson (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, March 18, 2013.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:21 AM EST.
Missions
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