The influence of 14CO2 releases from regional nuclear facilities at the Heidelberg 14CO2 sampling site (1986–2014)

Kuderer, Matthias; Hammer, Samuel; Levin, Ingeborg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7951-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7951-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-7951-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 11

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06 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 06 Jun 2018

The influence of ¹⁴CO₂ releases from regional nuclear facilities at the Heidelberg ¹⁴CO₂ sampling site (1986–2014)

Matthias Kuderer, Samuel Hammer, and Ingeborg Levin

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RC1: 'Review', Jocelyn Turnbull, 20 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Replies to referee 1', Ingeborg Levin, 30 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Replies to referee 2', Ingeborg Levin, 30 Apr 2018

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AR by Ingeborg Levin on behalf of the Authors (07 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (13 May 2018) by Thomas Röckmann

AR by Ingeborg Levin on behalf of the Authors (22 May 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

Atmospheric ¹⁴CO₂ measurements allow for estimating the regional fossil fuel CO₂ component. However, results potentially need to be corrected for ¹⁴CO₂ contamination from near-by nuclear facilities (NF). Our dispersion estimates of corresponding contaminations for Heidelberg, based on differently resolved wind fields, show differences of up to a factor of 2. Estimates from highly resolved models coupled with temporally resolved ¹⁴CO₂ emissions from NFs are required for more accurate results.