Articles | Volume 26, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-6929-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-6929-2026
Measurement report
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22 May 2026
Measurement report |  | 22 May 2026

Measurement report: Insights into the high temporal variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) at a suburban station in the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Vimal Jose Vazhathara, Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Sajeev Philip, Jaswant Rathore, Dilip Ganguly, Sagnik Dey, Tomoki Nakayama, Yutaka Matsumi, and Prabir K. Patra

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To address the lack of continuous ground-based CO2 measurements in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, we started ground-based measurements of atmospheric CO2 concentrations, for the very first time at Sonipat within the IGP. Based on these measurements, we examined the seasonal and diurnal patterns of atmospheric CO2. We found that the interplay of anthropogenic emissions, biospheric fluxes, and prevailing meteorology contributes to the observed high seasonal and diurnal variability of atmospheric CO2
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