Simulations of atmospheric methane for Cape Grim, Tasmania, to constrain southeastern Australian methane emissions

Loh, Z. M.; Law, R. M.; Haynes, K. D.; Krummel, P. B.; Steele, L. P.; Fraser, P. J.; Chambers, S. D.; Williams, A. G.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-305-2015

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-305-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-305-2015

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

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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13 Jan 2015

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2015

Simulations of atmospheric methane for Cape Grim, Tasmania, to constrain southeastern Australian methane emissions

Z. M. Loh, R. M. Law, K. D. Haynes, P. B. Krummel, L. P. Steele, P. J. Fraser, S. D. Chambers, and A. G. Williams

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Jan 2015)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 Aug 2014)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C7584: 'Review comments on Loh et al., Simulations of atmospheric methane for Cape Grim', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Oct 2014
- AC C9442: 'Review reply', Rachel Law, 24 Nov 2014
RC C7876: 'Review comments on Z. M. Loh et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Oct 2014
- AC C9448: 'Review reply', Rachel Law, 24 Nov 2014

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AR by Rachel Law on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2014) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (26 Nov 2014) by Paul Monks

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Dec 2014)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Dec 2014)

ED: Publish as is (17 Dec 2014) by Paul Monks

AR by Rachel Law on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2014)

Short summary

The paper compares methane observations at Cape Grim, Tasmania, with model-simulated methane to better constrain methane fluxes from southeastern Australia. Inventory estimates of anthropogenic methane emissions appear to be supported by observed atmospheric methane. A missing methane source in springtime (October to November) is tentatively attributed to wetland emissions.