Integral emission of nitrogen oxides from the territory of St. Petersburg based on the data of mobile measurements and numerical simulation results

The results of spectroscopic measurements of tropospheric NO 2 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 NO x 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 NO x emitted by all sources located inside the circular road. The average emission rate of NO x 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).