Multi-year observations of variable incomplete combustion in the New York megacity

Schiferl, Luke D.; Cao, Cong; Dalton, Bronte; Hallward-Driemeier, Andrew; Toledo-Crow, Ricardo; Commane, Róisín

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10129-2024

Articles | Volume 24, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10129-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10129-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 17

Research article

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13 Sep 2024

Research article |

| 13 Sep 2024

Multi-year observations of variable incomplete combustion in the New York megacity

Luke D. Schiferl, Cong Cao, Bronte Dalton, Andrew Hallward-Driemeier, Ricardo Toledo-Crow, and Róisín Commane

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-10129-2024-supplement

Data sets

ASRC Rooftop CO observations, NYCMA observed and simulated ΔCO, and relative NYC surface influence Luke Schiferl et al. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.612jm649n

AirData Pre-Generated Data Files EPA AQS https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html

Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research EDGAR Team https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php/dataset_ap61

Gridded Meteorological Data Archives ARL https://www.ready.noaa.gov/archives.php

Model code and software

Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport Model v2.x B. Fasoli https://uataq.github.io/stilt/#/

anytime D. Eddelbuettel https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=anytime

ggpattern M. FC http://github.com/coolbutuseless/ggpattern

raster: Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling R. J. Hijmans https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=raster

magick: Advanced Graphics and Image-Processing in R J. Ooms https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=magick

ncdf4: Interface to Unidata netCDF (Version 4 or Earlier) Format Data Files D. Pierce https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ncdf4

cowplot: Streamlined Plot Theme and Plot Annotations for ``ggplot2'' C. O. Wilke https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cowplot

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Carbon monoxide (CO) is an air pollutant and an important indicator of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels in cities. Using 4 years of winter and spring observations in New York City, we found that both the magnitude and variability of CO from the metropolitan area are greater than expected. Transportation emissions cannot explain the missing and variable CO, which points to energy from buildings as a likely underappreciated source of urban air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.