Monitoring compliance with sulfur content regulations of shipping fuel by in situ measurements of ship emissions

Kattner, L.; Mathieu-Üffing, B.; Burrows, J. P.; Richter, A.; Schmolke, S.; Seyler, A.; Wittrock, F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10087-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10087-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10087-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 17

Research article

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09 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 09 Sep 2015

Monitoring compliance with sulfur content regulations of shipping fuel by in situ measurements of ship emissions

L. Kattner, B. Mathieu-Üffing, J. P. Burrows, A. Richter, S. Schmolke, A. Seyler, and F. Wittrock

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RC C3250: 'Review Kattner et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Jun 2015
- AC C5502: 'Answers to Referee #1', Lisa Kattner, 31 Jul 2015
RC C3371: 'Monitoring compliance with sulphur content regulations of shipping fuel by in-situ measurements of ship emissions', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jun 2015
- AC C5508: 'Answers to Referee #2', Lisa Kattner, 31 Jul 2015

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AR by Lisa Kattner on behalf of the Authors (21 Aug 2015)

Short summary

On 1 January 2015, the International Maritime Organisation tightened the regulations for sulfur content of shipping fuels in Sulfur Emission Control Areas. Here we present data from a station near Hamburg harbour in the North Sea SECA, which uses in situ measurements of atmospheric trace gases to deduce the sulphur fuel content of passing ships. We compare data from 2014 before the regulation change and from January 2015 and show how this method can be used for compliance monitoring.