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Monthly and Annual US TROPOMI Surface NO2 Estimates

Description

Estimate of surface-level nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations for the continental US at ~ 1km × 1km derived from TROPOMI data from a land-use regression model. The development of this dataset is documented in a manuscript in ES&T Air by Nawaz et al. and was originally developed for a time period of 2019-2022. This dataset estimates surface-level NO2 by combining satellite derived data (TROPOMI) with OpenStreetMaps and Google Earth Engine land-use information and ERA5 meteorology reanalysis data.

Questions this resource can help answer

What is the spatial and temporal pattern of NO2 concentrations over the U.S.?

How do I use this resource?

Data can be downloaded as netCDF files. Data is available for annual or monthly mean NO2 for 2019 through 2022.

Resource information

Resource owner

Individual

Format

Spreadsheet or database

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Annually

Geographic Coverage

United States

Technical specifications

Methodology

Land use regression, satellite data

Sectors

Other Specifications

Requires ability to process netCDF formatted data

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