Table 1 Paris Metropolitan Area NOx emissions inferred from TROPOMI in 2018, and conditions under which they have been derived.

From: Quantification of nitrogen oxides emissions from build-up of pollution over Paris with TROPOMI

Day

Time (utc)

Emissions (mol s−1)

Wind

NOx lifetime

[NOx]:[NO2]

Surface temperature

PBL height

(m)

R2

RMS residuals

Speed

Direction

CAMS

Eiffel Tower

Thu

22–02

12:25

110.0 ± 37.4

8.6 m/s

51° (NE)

16.0 hrs

1.83

1.86

3 °C

874

0.990

8%

Fri

23-02

12:06

93.3 ± 31.3

9.0 m/s

70° (ENE)

10.9 hrs

1.72

1.70

2 °C

907

0.996

4%

Sun 25-02

11:29

51.3 ± 16.5

11.0 m/s

77° (E)

9.4 hrs

1.75

1.78

0 °C

798

0.933

15%

Sun 25-02

13:10

74.4 ± 23.9

11.0 m/s

77° (E)

11.4 hrs

1.75

1.86

0 °C

798

0.973

10%

Mon 26-02

12:51

78.7 ± 24.9

12.2 m/s

56° (NE)

10.3 hrs

1.73

1.78

−2 °C

1545

0.925

21%

Tue

17-04

12:18

87.6 ± 32.8

6.4 m/s

197°

(S)

1.6 hrs

1.39

1.58

17 °C

1187

0.995

5%

Wed

18-04

12:59

64.5 ± 23.5

6.9 m/s

100°

(E)

2.0 hrs

1.19

1.16

23 °C

1251

0.994

5%

Sat

21-04

12:44

38.4 ± 24.1

2.7 m/s

100°

(E)

2.9 hrs

1.31

1.28

24 °C

2106

0.970

9%

Sun

22-04

12:25

27.7 ± 9.1

9.7 m/s

230°

(SW)

2.7 hrs

1.26

1.39

24 °C

2188

0.840

31%

Tue

24-04

13:29

86.8 ± 36.3

5.0 m/s

231°

(SW)

2.8 hrs

1.48

N.A.

15 °C

1292

0.980

9%

Wed

02-05

12:39

65.2 ± 21.9

9.0 m/s

206° (SW)

1.6 hrs

1.18

1.39

14 °C

1499

0.990

7%

Fri

04-05

12:01

50.4 ± 18.6

6.6 m/s

23° (NNE)

2.9 hrs

1.21

1.36

16 °C

1051

0.957

12%

Sat

05-05

11:42

49.2 ± 18.0

6.8 m/s

27° (NNE)

2.9 hrs

1.22

1.24

19 °C

682

0.984

7%

Sat

05-05

13:23

33.5 ± 12.2

6.8 m/s

27° (NNE)

1.8 hrs

1.22

1.11

19 °C

682

0.964

10%

Sun

06-05

13:04

24.8 ± 10.1

5.3 m/s

53° (ENE)

1.9 hrs

1.20

1.31

23 °C

696

0.937

11%

Tue

08-05

12:26

45.6 ± 36.7

2.0 m/s

5° (N)

2.1 hrs

1.23

1.16

24 °C

1699

0.959

10%

Wed

09-05

13:49

36.4 ± 17.3

4.0 m/s

300° (WNW)

2.5 hrs

1.16

1.17

19 °C

775

0.990

7%

Fri

11-05

13:11

48.4 ± 20.9

4.7 m/s

167° (S)

2.2 hrs

1.21

1.44

17 °C

1491

0.982

9%

Thu

17-05

12:58

44.8 ± 18.7

5.0 m/s

12° (N)

2.4 hrs

1.26

1.60

15 °C

844

0.992

6%

Fri

18-05

12:39

40.1 ± 18.0

4.4 m/s

21° (N)

3.2 hrs

1.24

1.72

14 °C

787

0.983

9%

Sat

19-05

12:20

36.4 ± 17.3

4.0 m/s

26° (NNE)

2.4 hrs

1.25

1.31

18 °C

1038

0.903

24%

Wed

20-06

12:20

54.3 ± 57.3

0.5 m/s

7° (N)

3.3 hrs

1.61

1.4

25 °C

959

0.984

11%

Wed

20-06

14:00

75.6 ± 67.9

1.8 m/s

7° (N)

3.9 hrs

1.55

1.4

25 °C

959

0.942

20%

Thu

21-06

12:02

30.5 ± 12.8

5.0 m/s

352° (N)

2.0 hrs

1.30

1.66

20 °C

1139

0.947

15%

Sat

23-06

13:05

17.7 ± 8.3

4.1 m/s

35° (NNE)

1.7 hrs

1.34

1.44

19 °C

1094

0.653

38%

Mon

25-06

12:27

51.7 ± 21.2

5.2 m/s

46° (NE)

1.8 hrs

1.26

1.42

23 °C

1591

0.976

11%

Tue

26-06

12:08

44.8 ± 22.8

3.6 m/s

29° (NNE)

2.1 hrs

1.33

1.41

24 °C

1049

0.949

18%

Tue

26-06

13:50

37.1 ± 18.9

3.6 m/s

29° (NNE)

2.1 hrs

1.33

1.26

24 °C

1049

0.990

8%

Wed

27-06

13:31

49.5 ± 23.2

4.1 m/s

50° (NE)

1.1 hrs

1.25

1.29

26 °C

1360

0.964

11%

Thu

28-06

13:12

41.9 ± 16.1

6.0 m/s

54° (NE)

2.5 hrs

1.50

1.31

26 °C

1967

0.962

10%

  1. Days with two estimates had Paris covered by two successive orbits (orbit 1916 and 1917 on 25 February, 2895 and 2896 on 5 May, 3548 and 3549 on 20 June, 3633 and 3634 on 26 June).