diurnal variations of co 2 emissions during calnex -la: magnitude and sources
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Diurnal Variations of CO 2 Emissions during CalNex -LA: Magnitude and Sources. Sally Newman 1 , Xiaomei Xu 2 , Sergio Alvarez 3 , Bernhard Rappenglueck 3 , Christine Haman 3 , Barry Lefer 3 , Charles Miller 4 , and Yuk Yung 1 1 California Institute of Technology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Diurnal Variations of CO2 Emissions during CalNex-LA: Magnitude and Sources
Sally Newman1, Xiaomei Xu2, Sergio Alvarez3, Bernhard Rappenglueck3, Christine Haman3, Barry
Lefer3, Charles Miller4, and Yuk Yung1
1California Institute of Technology
2University of California, Irvine3University of Houston
4Jet Propulsion Laboratory
With acknowledgements to Eric Kort (Harvard), Wayne Angevine (NOAA),and Paul Wennberg (Caltech). We thank Caltech and the California Air Resources Board for their support in making this campaign a success.
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• How does the magnitude of CO2 emissions vary during the course of a spring day, both in situ and in the atmospheric column?
• What is the diurnal variation of the sources of CO2 emissions, from fossil fuel combustion and the biosphere?
Major questions to be addressed
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Location of CalNex-LA Ground Campaign
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Time Series of CO2, CO, and PBLH
CO2 by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, CO by vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence, PBLH by Lidar
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Time Series of CO2, CO, and PBLH
CO2 by cavity ring-down spectroscopy, CO by vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence, PBLH by Lidar, D14C by accelerator mass spectrometry
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Diurnal variations in CO2 and CO mixing ratios
The CO2 pattern differs from that of CO because of daytime photosynthetic uptake.Concentrations are higher during early mornings on weekends than weekdays.
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Weekday and Weekend Diurnal Variation of Boundary Layer Height above Ground Level
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Diurnal Variation of CO2 and CO in Excess of Background Levels
Background for CO2 = 393.1 ppm, from Palos VerdesBackground for CO = 110.8 ppb, from NOAA THD and POC30N
15-35 ppm CO2 and 125-250 ppb CO were added at the surface.
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Variation in the planetary boundary layer height dominates the observed CO2 pattern.
0.8-1.9 ppm CO2 and 4-22 ppb CO were added to the column.
Calculation of Local Contribution to Column CO2 and CO
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Diurnal Column CO2 Mixing Ratios
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Is it reasonable, to first order, to assume no entrainment or advection?
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Overnight, there was minimal wind to move air masses or disturb the stable planetary boundary layer.
During the day, the footprint at this time of year was very limited.
Modeling by Eric Kort, Harvard. Met fields from Wayne Angevine, NOAA.
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13TCCON Data Archive:http://tccon.ipac.caltech.edu/. D. Wunch, et al., 2011
Favorable comparison with TCCON data from JPL during the same time of year supports neglect of advection and entrainment, to first order.
Comparison of Column CO2 Determined in situ and by TCCON FTS
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Using CO/CO2 measurements to determine the amount of total CO2 emissions from burning of fossil fuels.
http://www.greencarmagazine.net
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Variation of CO and CO2 Local Contributions with Time of Day
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The ratios vary significantly with time of day.
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Variation of the Fraction of Local Emissions of CO2 from Fossil Fuels
Assuming an emission ratio of CO/CO2 from fossil fuels of 0.011 ± 0.002 (Wunch et al., 2009)
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Adding Results from 14CO2
Black circles are from D14C from flask samples aggregated from alternate day mid-afternoon collections.
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Allocation of Sources of Local CO2 Emissions
There is significant variation in the sources of CO2 emissions on a diurnal timescale.
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Adding Fossil Fuel CO2 from 14C Data
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• How does the magnitude of CO2 emissions vary during the course of a spring day, both in situ and in the atmospheric column?
In situ CO2 varies 15-20 ppm during the day, whereas total column CO2 only varies 1-1.1 ppm at this time of year.
Diurnal patterns are due mainly to variations in boundary layer height, with superimposed anthropogenic and biogenic influences.
Conclusions
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• What is the diurnal variation of the sources of CO2 emissions, from fossil fuel combustion and the biosphere?
Fossil fuel combustion contributes 50 – 100% of the local emissions, ranging from 13 to 23 ppm, whereas the biosphere contributes up to 17 ppm at night and is a sink of up to 2 ppm during the day.
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The CO/CO2 ratio is an important tool for determining the contributions of anthropogenic vs biological sources on a time scale as fine as an hourly diurnal pattern. These species can be measured much more frequently and cheaply than the gold standard of 14C.
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Conclusions
• Diurnal patterns are due mainly to variations in boundary layer height, with superimposed anthropogenic influences.
• Using CO/CO2 ratios we can derive the diurnal cycle of both anthropogenic and biogenic emissions.
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• How does the magnitude of CO2 emissions vary during the course of a spring day, both in situ and in the atmospheric column? • What controls the observed diurnal patterns of
CO2 and CO mixing ratios?• Can we use in situ mixing ratios to validate
remote sensing measurements?
• What is the diurnal variation of the sources of CO2 emissions, from fossil fuel combustion and the biosphere?
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Comparison between CalNex-LA (Caltech) and Background Air (Palos Verdes) CO2
Average daily minimum CO2 in Palos Verdes was 393.1 ppm.
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Modeling by Eric Kort, Harvard. Met fields from Wayne Angevine, NOAA.
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This simple dilution calculation produces a diurnal pattern consistent with column determinations.
Unlike remote sensing techniques, in situ measurements can give 24-hour patterns.
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Locations of CalNex-LA Ground Campaign (Pasadena) and Background Site (Palos Verdes)