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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4541-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4541-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
Research article
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05 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 05 Apr 2019

Accounting for the vertical distribution of emissions in atmospheric CO2 simulations

Dominik Brunner, Gerrit Kuhlmann, Julia Marshall, Valentin Clément, Oliver Fuhrer, Grégoire Broquet, Armin Löscher, and Yasjka Meijer

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Atmospheric transport models are increasingly being used to estimate CO2 emissions from atmospheric CO2 measurements. This study demonstrates the importance of distributing CO2 emissions vertically in the model according to realistic profiles, since a major proportion of CO2 is emitted through tall stacks from power plants and industrial sources. With the traditional approach of emitting all CO2 at the surface, models may significantly overestimate the atmospheric CO2 levels.
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