Articles | Volume 25, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9803-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-9803-2025
Research article
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04 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2025

Monitoring and modeling seasonally varying anthropogenic and biogenic CO2 over a large tropical metropolitan area

Rafaela Cruz Alves Alberti, Thomas Lauvaux, Angel Liduvino Vara-Vela, Ricard Segura Barrero, Christoffer Karoff, Maria de Fátima Andrade, Márcia Talita Amorim Marques, Noelia Rojas Benavente, Osvaldo Machado Rodrigues Cabral, Humberto Ribeiro da Rocha, and Rita Yuri Ynoue

Data sets

atmoschem/vein v0.8.8 S. Ibarra Espinosa et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3714187

Model code and software

A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Model Version 4 (https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/download/get_source.html) W. C. Skamarock et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/1DFH-6P97

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This study addresses uncertainties in atmospheric models by analyzing CO2 dynamics in a complex urban environment characterized by a dense population and tropical vegetation. High-accuracy sensors were deployed, and the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) was utilized to simulate CO2 transport, capturing variations and assessing contributions from both anthropogenic and biogenic sources.
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