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Research article
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03 Jun 2016
Research article |
| 03 Jun 2016
Analysis of the potential of near-ground measurements of CO2 and CH4 in London, UK, for the monitoring of city-scale emissions using an atmospheric transport model
Alex Boon
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire RG6
6BB, UK
Grégoire Broquet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Deborah J. Clifford
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire RG6
6BB, UK
Frédéric Chevallier
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
David M. Butterfield
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 0LW, UK
Isabelle Pison
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Michel Ramonet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jean-Daniel Paris
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ,
UMR8212, IPSL, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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We measured carbon dioxide and methane concentrations at four near-ground sites located in London, 2012. We investigated the potential for using these measurements, alongside numerical modelling, to help us to understand urban greenhouse gas emissions. Low-level sites were highly sensitive to local emissions, which questions our ability to use measurements from near-ground sites in cities in some modelling applications. A gradient approach was found to be beneficial to reduce model–data errors.
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