Remove Aura Remove Automobile Remove Ozone Remove Pollution
article thumbnail

Satellite method provides insight into ozone-NOx-VOCs sensitivity for different locations

Green Car Congress

Ozone pollution near Earth’s surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. It is also not directly measurable from space due to the abundance of ozone higher in the atmosphere, which obscures measurements of surface ozone. —Jin et al.

Ozone 150
article thumbnail

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Green Car Congress

Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. Two maps compare total annual sulfur dioxide amounts for India and China during 2005 (left) and 2016 based on Ozone Monitoring Instrument measurements. This work was supported by the NASA Earth Science Division Aura Science Team (Award No.

India 170