Detection and variability of combustion-derived vapor in an urban basin

Fiorella, Richard P.; Bares, Ryan; Lin, John C.; Ehleringer, James R.; Bowen, Gabriel J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8529-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8529-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-8529-2018

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

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

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18 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 18 Jun 2018

Detection and variability of combustion-derived vapor in an urban basin

Richard P. Fiorella, Ryan Bares, John C. Lin, James R. Ehleringer, and Gabriel J. Bowen

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RC1: 'Reviewer Comments for Fiorella et al., 2017, ACPD', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Feb 2018
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript by Fiorella et al. “Detection and variability of combustion-derived vapor in an urban basin”', Ingeborg Levin, 05 Mar 2018
AC1: 'Corresponding author response to reviewer comments', Richard Fiorella, 10 May 2018
AC2: 'Additional tables and revised figure 10', Richard Fiorella, 10 May 2018

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Fossil fuel combustion produces water; where fossil fuel combustion is concentrated in urban areas, this humidity source may represent ~ 10 % of total humidity. In turn, this water vapor addition may alter urban meteorology, though the contribution of combustion vapor is difficult to measure. Using stable water isotopes, we estimate that up to 16 % of urban humidity may arise from combustion when the atmosphere is stable during winter, and develop recommendations for application in other cities.