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Nickolay A. Krotkov is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily centers on atmospheric sciences, environmental science, and the dynamics of gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

The scientist has contributed extensively within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, and Oceanography.

Krotkov's work addresses several main topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality and health impacts, the impact of COVID-19 on air quality, and air quality monitoring and forecasting.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Krotkov include:

  • Joanna Joiner
  • Can Li
  • Lok N. Lamsal
  • C. A. McLinden
  • A. P. Vasilkov

Notable publication venues where their research appears frequently are:

  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Krotkov include:

  • "Abrupt decline in tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over China after the outbreak of COVID-19," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns," 2022, Nature
  • "Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) Aura nitrogen dioxide standard product version 4.0 with improved surface and cloud treatments," 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Perturbations in stratospheric aerosol evolution due to the water-rich plume of the 2022 Hunga-Tonga eruption," 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Out of the blue: Volcanic SO2 emissions during the 2021-2022 eruptions of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Tonga)," 2022, Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Chris A. McLinden;Can Li;Lok N. Lamsal

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Emissions estimation from satellite retrievals: A review of current capability

    David G. Streets;Timothy Canty;Gregory R. Carmichael;Benjamin de Foy

  • A decade of global volcanic SO 2 emissions measured from space.

    S. A. Carn;V. E. Fioletov;C. A. McLinden;C. Li

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

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

  • India Is Overtaking China as the World's Largest Emitter of Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide.

    Can Li;Can Li;Chris McLinden;Vitali Fioletov;Nickolay Krotkov

  • 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

  • Band residual difference algorithm for retrieval of SO/sub 2/ from the aura ozone monitoring instrument (OMI)

    N.A. Krotkov;S.A. Carn;A.J. Krueger;P.K. Bhartia

  • Global fine-scale changes in ambient NO2 during COVID-19 lockdowns

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  • A new stratospheric and tropospheric NO2 retrieval algorithm for nadir-viewing satellite instruments : applications to OMI

    E. J. Bucsela;N. A. Krotkov;E. A. Celarier;E. A. Celarier;L. N. Lamsal;L. N. Lamsal

  • Distribution of UV radiation at the Earth's surface from TOMS-measured UV-backscattered radiances

    J. R. Herman;N. Krotkov;E. Celarier;D. Larko

  • SO2 emissions and lifetimes: Estimates from inverse modeling using in situ and global, space-based (SCIAMACHY and OMI) observations

    Chulkyu Lee;Chulkyu Lee;Randall V. Martin;Randall V. Martin;Aaron van Donkelaar;Hanlim Lee

  • Volcanic sulfur dioxide measurements from the total ozone mapping spectrometer instruments

    A. J. Krueger;L. S. Walter;P. K. Bhartia;C. C. Schnetzler

  • U.S. NO2 trends (2005–2013): EPA Air Quality System (AQS) data versus improved observations from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

    Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Bryan N. Duncan;Yasuko Yoshida;Nickolay A. Krotkov

  • 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

  • Satellite estimation of spectral surface UV irradiance in the presence of tropospheric aerosols. 1. Cloud-free case

    N. A. Krotkov;P. K. Bhartia;J. R. Herman;V. Fioletov

  • Satellite Data of Atmospheric Pollution for U.S. Air Quality Applications: Examples of Applications, Summary of Data End-User Resources, Answers to FAQs, and Common Mistakes to Avoid

    Bryan Neal Duncan;Ana Prados;Ana Prados;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Yang Liu

  • A global catalogue of large SO 2 sources and emissions derived from theOzone Monitoring Instrument

    Vitali E. Fioletov;Chris A. McLinden;Nickolay Krotkov;Can Li;Can Li

  • Retrieval of large volcanic SO2 columns from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Comparison and limitations

    Kai Yang;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Arlin J. Krueger;Simon A. Carn

  • The version 3 OMI NO 2 standard product

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Lok N. Lamsal;Lok N. Lamsal;Edward A. Celarier;Edward A. Celarier;William H. Swartz;William H. Swartz

  • What would have happened to the ozone layer if chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) had not been regulated

    Paul A. Newman;L. D. Oman;A. R. Douglass;E. L. Fleming

  • Structural uncertainty in air mass factor calculation for NO2 and HCHO satellite retrievals

    Alba Lorente;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Huan Yu;Steffen Dörner

Frequent Co-Authors

Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Lok N. Lamsal
Lok N. Lamsal Goddard Space Flight Center
Simon Carn
Simon Carn Michigan Technological University
Kai Yang
Kai Yang University of Maryland, College Park
Jay R. Herman
Jay R. Herman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Arlin J. Krueger
Arlin J. Krueger Goddard Space Flight Center
Vitali E. Fioletov
Vitali E. Fioletov Environment and Climate Change Canada
Chris A. McLinden
Chris A. McLinden Environment and Climate Change Canada
Joanna Joiner
Joanna Joiner Goddard Space Flight Center
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis

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