Nitrogen dioxide pollution over Europe
Nitrogen dioxide pollution over Europe
This image, created using data acquired by Sentinel-5P, shows the nitrogen dioxide pollution over Europe on 22 November 2017, indicating very high levels above the Po Valley in northern Italy and over western Germany. Fossil fuel combustion in the industrial sector and exhaust gases from road traffic are the main causes of nitrogen dioxide pollution. The image covers large parts of Europe, showing the swath width of 2600 kilometres acquired by the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI). The image contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by KNMI/ESA.
