Articles | Volume 19, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14057-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-14057-2019
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22 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2019

Atmospheric radiocarbon measurements to quantify CO2 emissions in the UK from 2014 to 2015

Angelina Wenger, Katherine Pugsley, Simon O'Doherty, Matt Rigby, Alistair J. Manning, Mark F. Lunt, and Emily D. White

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We present 14CO2 observations at a background site in Ireland and a tall tower site in the UK. These data have been used to calculate the contribution of fossil fuel sources to atmospheric CO2 mole fractions from the UK and Ireland. 14CO2 emissions from nuclear industry sites in the UK cause a higher uncertainty in the results compared to observations in other locations. The observed ffCO2 at the site was not significantly different from simulated values based on the bottom-up inventory.
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