A14F-06
High-accuracy, high-precision, high-resolution, continuous monitoring of urban greenhouse gas emissions? Results to date from INFLUX
Monday, 14 December 2015: 17:06
3012 (Moscone West)
Kenneth J Davis1, Alan Brewer2, Maria O. L. Cambaliza3, Aijun Deng4, Michael Hardesty2, Kevin R Gurney5, Alexie M. F. Heimburger6, Anna Karion7, Thomas Lauvaux1, Israel Lopez-Coto8, Kathryn McKain9, Natasha L Miles1, Risa Patarasuk5, Kuldeep Prasad10, Igor N Razlivanov5, Scott Richardson1, Daniel P Sarmiento1, Paul B Shepson6, Colm Sweeney7, Jocelyn C Turnbull11, James R Whetstone10 and Kai Wu1, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Ateneo de Manila University, Physics, Quezon City, Philippines, (4)The Pennsylvania State Unviersity, Department of Meteorology, University Park, PA, United States, (5)Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, (6)Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, (7)NOAA Boulder, ESRL, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, (9)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (10)National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Gaithersburg, MD, United States, (11)GNS Science / Rafter Radiocarbon, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Abstract:
The Indianapolis Flux Experiment (INFLUX) is testing the boundaries of our ability to use atmospheric measurements to quantify urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The project brings together inventory assessments, tower-based and aircraft-based atmospheric measurements, and atmospheric modeling to provide high-accuracy, high-resolution, continuous monitoring of emissions of GHGs from the city. Results to date include a multi-year record of tower and aircraft based measurements of the urban CO2 and CH4 signal, long-term atmospheric modeling of GHG transport, and emission estimates for both CO2 and CH4 based on both tower and aircraft measurements. We will present these emissions estimates, the uncertainties in each, and our assessment of the primary needs for improvements in these emissions estimates. We will also present ongoing efforts to improve our understanding of atmospheric transport and background atmospheric GHG mole fractions, and to disaggregate GHG sources (e.g. biogenic vs. fossil fuel CO2 fluxes), topics that promise significant improvement in urban GHG emissions estimates.
