Intercomparison of atmospheric trace gas dispersion models: Barnett Shale case study

Karion, Anna; Lauvaux, Thomas; Lopez Coto, Israel; Sweeney, Colm; Mueller, Kimberly; Gourdji, Sharon; Angevine, Wayne; Barkley, Zachary; Deng, Aijun; Andrews, Arlyn; Stein, Ariel; Whetstone, James

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2561-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2561-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2561-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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28 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 28 Feb 2019

Intercomparison of atmospheric trace gas dispersion models: Barnett Shale case study

Anna Karion, Thomas Lauvaux, Israel Lopez Coto, Colm Sweeney, Kimberly Mueller, Sharon Gourdji, Wayne Angevine, Zachary Barkley, Aijun Deng, Arlyn Andrews, Ariel Stein, and James Whetstone

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RC1: 'Review of acp-2018-736: Inter-comparison of Atmospheric Trace Gas Dispersion Models. A. Karion et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviews', Anna Karion, 01 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Review of Karion et al, Inter-comparison of Atmospheric Trace Gas Dispersion Models: Barnett Shale Case Study.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Nov 2018
- AC1: 'Response to reviews', Anna Karion, 01 Feb 2019
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In this study, we use atmospheric methane concentration observations collected during an airborne campaign to compare different model-based emissions estimates from the Barnett Shale oil and natural gas production basin in Texas, USA. We find that the tracer dispersion model has a significant impact on the results because the models differ in their simulation of vertical dispersion. Additional work is needed to evaluate and improve vertical mixing in the tracer dispersion models.