Understanding the Trend of NO2, SO2 and CO over East Africa from 2005 to 2020

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dc.contributor.authorOpio, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorMugume, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorNakatumba-Nabende, Joyce
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-29T14:18:02Z
dc.date.available2022-12-29T14:18:02Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe atmospheric chemistry constituents of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) are associated with air pollution and climate change. In sub-Saharan Africa, a lack of sufficient ground-based and aircraft observations has, for a long time, limited the study of these species. This study thus utilized satellite observations as an alternative source of data to study the abundance of these species over the East African region. The instruments used included the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), the Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS), and the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI). An investigation of trends in the data series from 2005 to 2020 was carried out using the sequential Mann-Kendall test while the Pearson correlation coefficient was used to compare the data records of the instruments. The analysis revealed no trend in NO2 (p > 0.05), a decreasing trend in SO2 (p < 0.05), a decreasing trend (p < 0.05) in CO closer to the surface (850 hPa to 500 hPa) and an increasing trend (p < 0.05) in CO higher up in the atmosphere (400 hPa to 1 hPa). There is likely a vertical ascent of CO. The correlation between the instrument records was 0.54 and 0.77 for NO2 and CO, respectively. Furthermore, seasonal fires in the savanna woodlands were identified as the major source of NO2 and CO over the region, while cities such as Kampala, Nairobi, and Bujumbura and towns such as Dar es Salaam and Mombasa were identified as important NO2 hotspots. Similarly, the active volcano at Mt. Nyiragongo near Goma was identified as the most important SO2 hotspot.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOpio, R.; Mugume, I.; Nakatumba-Nabende, J. Understanding the Trend of NO2, SO2 and CO over East Africa from 2005 to 2020. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1283. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101283en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12101283
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6751
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAtmosphereen_US
dc.subjectNitrogen dioxideen_US
dc.subjectSulphur dioxideen_US
dc.subjectCarbon monoxideen_US
dc.subjectOMIen_US
dc.subjectTROPOMIen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding the Trend of NO2, SO2 and CO over East Africa from 2005 to 2020en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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