A deep learning model (DeepSAT4D) is developed to retrieve 4D chemical concentrations from satellite.
The DeepSAT4D can regenerate dynamic evolution of vertical structure of atmospheric chemicals.
The DeepSAT4D was applied to retrieve 2017-2021 4D NO2 concentrations and NOx emissions in China.
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Comparison of NO2 column density (CMAQ simulation, unit: 1×10 molec/cm2) and surface NO2 concentration (both simulated in CMAQ, and reproduced by DeepSAT4D, unit: ppb) across simulation domain (at 14:00 local time in 2017 baseline case) and in eight cities (selected the grid with highest surface concentration as the peak grid cell, and calculated the average concentrations in surrounding grid cells away from it by the distance up to 10 grid cells).
OMI satellite retrieved 14:00 NO2 vertical structure profile time series during 2017-2021 (A), and seasonal 5-year averages (B), the ratio of surface to vertical mean concentration (C) and the vertical profiles in eight cities (averaging 10 grid cells surrounding the urban center) with absolute NO2 concentration (unit: ppb) (D) and normalized values (sum =1) (E) (the top height of each vertical layer is at the following altitudes: 19, 57, 114, 230, 386, 584, 910, 1375, 1908, 2618, 3598, 5061, 7620, and11944meters. These values represent the annual mean domain average).
Comparison of 14:00 local time surface NO2 and 24-hour averaged NO2 across simulation domain and 24-hour diurnal variation in eight cities (simulated by CMAQ and reproduced by DeepSAT4D, annual mean in 2017 baseline case, unit: ppb).
Trend of OMI-predict surface NO2 concentration with DeepSAT4D during 2017-2021 comparing with ground observation in eight cities with the spatial distribution of 1km-to-27km emission ratio (ER) (left), and the comparison between OMI-prediction and observations by different group of ER values (right) (ER<1 indicate the sum of the emission in 27km grid cell are zero according to the 1km gridded emission file).
Estimated NOx emission variations by month, cites, and regions across 2017-2021 (unit: mol/s per 27km-by-27km grid cell).