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Henk Eskes is affiliated with the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in the Netherlands. The scientist's research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a significant emphasis on atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

They have contributed extensively to several subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering

Their research addresses various topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, including:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • COVID-19 impact on air quality
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Geoscientific model development
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Some of the scientist's recent papers include:

  • Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak on NO2 Pollution Assessed Using TROPOMI and OMI Observations (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • S5P TROPOMI NO 2 slant column retrieval: method, stability, uncertainties and comparisons with OMI (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • Ground-based validation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO 2 measurements with the NDACC ZSL-DOAS, MAX-DOAS and Pandonia global networks (2021, Atmospheric measurement techniques)
  • Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19 (2020, Science Advances)
  • Comparison of TROPOMI/Sentinel-5 Precursor NO 2 observations with ground-based measurements in Helsinki (2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques)

Henk Eskes has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including:

  • Jos van Geffen
  • K. F. Boersma
  • Pepijn Veefkind
  • Ronald van der A
  • Arjo Segers

Best Publications

  • TROPOMI on the ESA Sentinel-5 Precursor: A GMES mission for global observations of the atmospheric composition for climate, air quality and ozone layer applications

    JP Veefkind;JP Veefkind;I Aben;K McMullan;H Forster

  • The CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition

    Antje Inness;Melanie Ades;Anna Agustí-Panareda;Jérôme Barré

  • Multimodel ensemble simulations of present-day and near-future tropospheric ozone

    D. S. Stevenson;F. J. Dentener;M. G. Schultz;K. Ellingsen

  • Error analysis for tropospheric NO2 retrieval from space

    K. F. Boersma;H. J. Eskes;E. J. Brinksma

  • Impact of coronavirus outbreak on NO 2 pollution assessed using TROPOMI and OMI observations.

    M Bauwens;S Compernolle;T Stavrakou;J-F Müller

  • Near-real time retrieval of tropospheric NO 2 from OMI

    K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;H. J. Eskes;J. P. Veefkind;E. J. Brinksma

  • An improved tropospheric NO 2 column retrieval algorithm for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

    K.F. Boersma;K.F. Boersma;H.J. Eskes;R.J. Dirksen

  • The global atmospheric environment for the next generation

    F. Dentener;David Stevenson;K. Ellingsen;T. van Noije

  • The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

    Pieternel F. Levelt;Joanna Joiner;Johanna Tamminen;J. Pepijn Veefkind

  • Averaging kernels for DOAS total-column satellite retrievals

    H. J. Eskes;K. F. Boersma

  • S5P TROPOMI NO2 slant column retrieval : Method, stability, uncertainties and comparisons with OMI

    Jos van Geffen;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Henk Eskes;Maarten Sneep

  • Trends, seasonal variability and dominant NOx source derived from a ten year record of NO2 measured from space

    H. J. Eskes;K. F. Boersma;T. P. C. van Noije

  • High resolution mapping of nitrogen dioxide with TROPOMI: First results and validation over the Canadian oil sands.

    Debora Griffin;Xiaoyi Zhao;Chris A. McLinden;Folkert Boersma;Folkert Boersma

  • Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO<sub>2</sub> retrieval: impact of version v2.2 improvements and comparisons with OMI and ground-based data

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  • Data assimilation in atmospheric chemistry models: current status and future prospects for coupled chemistry meteorology models

    M. Bocquet;M. Bocquet;H. Elbern;H. Eskes;M. Hirtl

  • Ground-based validation of the Copernicus Sentinel-5p TROPOMI NO 2 measurements with the NDACC ZSL-DOAS, MAX-DOAS and Pandonia global networks

    Tijl Verhoelst;Steven Compernolle;Gaia Pinardi;Jean-Christopher Lambert

  • Decadal changes in global surface NO x emissions from multi-constituent satellite data assimilation

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Henk Eskes;Kengo Sudo;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma

  • Toward a Monitoring and Forecasting System For Atmospheric Composition: The GEMS Project

    A. Hollingsworth;R.J. Engelen;Christiane Textor;A. Benedetti

  • A regional air quality forecasting system over Europe : the MACC-II daily ensemble production

    V. Marecal;V. H Peuch;Camilla Andersson;S. Andersson

  • Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19.

    Fei Liu;Fei Liu;Aaron Page;Sarah A. Strode;Sarah A. Strode;Yasuko Yoshida

  • Validation of urban NO 2 concentrations and their diurnal and seasonal variations observed from the SCIAMACHY and OMI sensors using in situ surface measurements in Israeli cities

    K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;Daniel James Jacob;M. Trainic;Y. Rudich

  • Improving algorithms and uncertainty estimates for satellite NO 2 retrievals: results from the quality assurance for the essential climate variables (QA4ECV) project

    K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Henk J. Eskes;Andreas Richter;Isabelle De Smedt

  • The global chemistry transport model TM5: description and evaluation of the tropospheric chemistry version 3.0

    V. Huijnen;J.E. Williams;M. van Weele;T.P.C. van Noije

  • Multimodel simulations of carbon monoxide: Comparison with observations and projected near‐future changes

    D. T. Shindell;Gregory S. Faluvegi;D. S. Stevenson;M. C. Krol

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Folkert Boersma
K. Folkert Boersma Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Andreas Richter
Andreas Richter University of Bremen
Arjo Segers
Arjo Segers Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
Pieternel F. Levelt
Pieternel F. Levelt Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Kengo Sudo
Kengo Sudo Nagoya University
Maarten Krol
Maarten Krol Wageningen University & Research
Johannes Flemming
Johannes Flemming European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Antje Inness
Antje Inness European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Hennie Kelder
Hennie Kelder Eindhoven University of Technology
George A. Sawatzky
George A. Sawatzky University of British Columbia

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