Satellite data show resurgence in NO2 emissions over China
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2020
Data from the ESA’s Tropomi (TROPOspheric Monitoring) instrument on board the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite shows the variation of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) emissions over China from December to March. A decline in NO 2 corresponds to the outbreak of COVID-19 and a subsequent resurgence corresponds to the succes of measures to contain it. The Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor mission, also known as Sentinel-5P, is dedicated to monitoring air pollution by measuring a multitude of trace gases as w
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