Authors
Qin He, Kai Qin, Hongrui Gao, Man Sing Wong, Jason Blake Cohen
Published in
Environmental research. Pages 125952. Oct 16, 2026. Epub Oct 16, 2026.
Abstract
Accurate estimation of nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions is essential for characterizing their impacts on atmospheric environment and supporting air pollution management. This study introduces an innovative inversion framework based on a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN), designed to derive NOx emissions from TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) satellite observations. By embedding the physical laws governing atmospheric processes, this method effectively bridges traditional data assimilation techniques with the computational efficiency of deep learning. Unlike purely data-driven models, it directly integrates physical constraints from atmospheric mass continuity equation into the model training process, thereby avoiding the computational burden associated with chemical transport models (CTMs) and removing the need for CTM simulations for supervision. Application to the Yangtze River Delta region in China (2018-2023) revealed clear spatiotemporal variations in NOx emissions, capturing the reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recovery. Emission uncertainties were quantified using Monte Carlo dropout, providing robust error estimates alongside the inversion results. The proposed framework provides a computationally efficient and physically grounded basis for NOx emission inversion, with broad applicability to air quality assessment and environmental management.
PMID:
42887762
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