Open AccessResearch Spotlight: A case study of satellite monitoring of ammonia
Author(s) -
Ofori Leslie,
Tretkoff Ernie
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo091i030p00268-01
Subject(s) - ammonia , environmental science , particulates , environmental chemistry , satellite , population , atmospheric sciences , chemistry , physics , engineering , environmental health , aerospace engineering , medicine , organic chemistry
Emissions of ammonia (NH 3 ), which come mainly from agriculture, have increased in recent decades and are likely to continue to rise as the world's population grows and demand for food increases. Ammonia pollutes the air, increases creation of particulate matter, and contributes to deposition of reactive nitrogen in sensitive ecosystems. Ground‐based ammonia measurements are sparse, and although some monitoring of atmospheric ammonia has been conducted with infrared sounders from space, so far these observations have been limited and errors are often high.