The results of spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric NO2 content performed on a closed route along the circular road around the city of St. Petersburg in 2012, 2014, and 2015 are presented. A procedure for determining the integral emission of NOx based on the data of measurements on the route enveloping the sources under study is described. An analysis of the experimental data together with the results of a numerical simulation of air pollutant dispersion (the HYSPLIT model) provided an estimate of the total volume of NOx emitted by all sources located inside the circular road. The average emission rate of NOx according to the sources of the megacity of St. Petersburg is 57000 t/yr, which correlates satisfactorily with the official data of a municipal inventory of the sources of air pollution (62000–63 000 t/yr).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)204-212
Number of pages9
JournalIzvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics
Volume53
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

    Scopus subject areas

  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science

    Research areas

  • anthropogenic emission, differential spectroscopy, DOAS, HYSPLIT, mobile measurements, nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxides, NO

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