Articles | Volume 19, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2561-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-2561-2019
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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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.
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