Initial Results from an Atmospheric Validation of Urban Greenhouse Gas Budget Estimates for the US Northeast Corridor

Thomas Nehrkorn1, Steven C Wofsy2, Lucy Hutyra3, Phil DeCola4, William Callahan5, Maryann R Sargent6, Kathryn McKain7, Yanina Barrera8, Taylor Jones8, Conor Gately9, Brady S Hardiman10, Marikate Ellis Mountain11, John Henderson12, George James Collatz13, Crystal L Schaaf10, Charles E Miller14, Amanda Long5, Christopher Sloop5 and Steve Prinzivalli15, (1)Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lexington, Lexington, MA, United States, (2)Harvard University, Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (3)Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (4)Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, United States, (5)Earth Networks Inc., Germantown, MD, United States, (6)Harvard University, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (7)NOAA ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, United States, (8)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (9)Harvard University, Boston, United States, (10)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (11)Verisk Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, United States, (12)Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, United States, (13)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (14)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (15)Earth Networks Inc., Germantown, United States