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Journal Title:
Geophysical Research Letters
Personal Author:
Barkley, Z. R. ; Davis, K. J. ; Feng, S. ; Balashov, N. ; Fried, A. ; ... More +
Barkley, Z. R. ; Davis, K. J. ; Feng, S. ; Balashov, N. ; Fried, A. ; DiGangi, J. ; Choi, Y. ; Halliday, H. S. Less -
NOAA Program & Office:
NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information)
NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; NCEI (National Centers for Environmental Information) Less -
Description:
The South Central United States is a hot spot for anthropogenic methane (CH4) emissions, with contributions from the oil/gas (O&G) and animal agriculture sectors. During frontal weather events, airflow combines enhancements from these emissions into a large plume. In this study, we take CH4and ethane (C2H6) observations from the Atmospheric Carbon and Transport-America campaign and adjust O&G and animal agriculture emissions such that modeled CH4and C2H6enhancements match the observed plume. Results from the joint CH4-C2H6optimization indicate that emissions from the O&G sector are 1.8 ±0.7 (2) times larger than EPA inventory estimates. These results match synthesis work
Keywords:
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General Earth And Planetary Sciences Geophysics
Source:
Geophysical Research Letters, 46(22), 13564-13573
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl084495
ISSN:
0094-8276;1944-8007;
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PDF
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Journal Article
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urn:sha256:17eeb1b5cb50156321cf0019893d153bdc597e842208f9e86418bcd3c82856a7
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