Figure caption: The slider above shows satellite estimates of NO2 from Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) as an average of April 15 through May 31 over South America. The image on the left shows the mean of the 230-day period from 2015 through 2019, while the image on the right shows the mean of the 46-day period for 2020. The sliders below show the same information, but zoomed to show five major South American cities. The images are free and publicly-available and may be downloaded.

Buenos Aires slider

Lima slider

Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo slider

Santiago slider

The slider above shows satellite estimates of NO2 from Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) as an average of April 15 through May 31. The image on the left shows the mean of the 230-day period from 2015 through 2019, while the image on the right shows the mean of the 46-day period for 2020.

The slider above shows satellite estimates of NO2 from Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) as an average of April 15 through May 31. The image on the left shows the mean of the 230-day period from 2015 through 2019, while the image on the right shows the mean of the 46-day period for 2020.

The slider above shows satellite estimates of NO2 from Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) as an average of April 15 through May 31. The image on the left shows the mean of the 230-day period from 2015 through 2019, while the image on the right shows the mean of the 46-day period for 2020.

The slider above shows satellite estimates of NO2 from Aura’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) as an average of April 15 through May 31. The image on the left shows the mean of the 230-day period from 2015 through 2019, while the image on the right shows the mean of the 46-day period for 2020.