Imperial College London
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DrHeatherGraven

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Reader in Climate Physics
 
 
 
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@article{Graven:2018:1748-9326/aabd43,
author = {Graven, H and Fischer, ML and Lueker, T and Jeong, S and Guilderson, TP and Keeling, RF and Bambha, R and Brophy, K and Callahan, W and Cui, X and Frankenberg, C and Gurney, K and LaFranchi, BW and Lehman, SJ and Michelson, H and Miller, JB and Newman, S and Paplawsky, W and Parazoo, NC and Sloop, C and Walker, SJ},
doi = {1748-9326/aabd43},
journal = {Environmental Research Letters},
title = {Assessing fossil fuel CO emissions in California using atmospheric observations and models},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabd43},
volume = {13},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Analysis systems incorporating atmospheric observations could provide a powerful tool for validating fossil fuel CO2 (ffCO2) emissions reported for individual regions, provided that fossil fuel sources can be separated from other CO2 sources or sinks and atmospheric transport can be accurately accounted for. We quantified ffCO2 by measuring radiocarbon (14C) in CO2, an accurate fossil-carbon tracer, at nine observation sites in California for three months in 2014–15. There is strong agreement between the measurements and ffCO2 simulated using a high-resolution atmospheric model and a spatiotemporally-resolved fossil fuel flux estimate. Inverse estimates of total in-state ffCO2 emissions are consistent with the California Air Resources Board's reported ffCO2 emissions, providing tentative validation of California's reported ffCO2 emissions in 2014–15. Continuing this prototype analysis system could provide critical independent evaluation of reported ffCO2 emissions and emissions reductions in California, and the system could be expanded to other, more data-poor regions.
AU  - Graven,H
AU  - Fischer,ML
AU  - Lueker,T
AU  - Jeong,S
AU  - Guilderson,TP
AU  - Keeling,RF
AU  - Bambha,R
AU  - Brophy,K
AU  - Callahan,W
AU  - Cui,X
AU  - Frankenberg,C
AU  - Gurney,K
AU  - LaFranchi,BW
AU  - Lehman,SJ
AU  - Michelson,H
AU  - Miller,JB
AU  - Newman,S
AU  - Paplawsky,W
AU  - Parazoo,NC
AU  - Sloop,C
AU  - Walker,SJ
DO  - 1748-9326/aabd43
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1748-9326
TI  - Assessing fossil fuel CO emissions in California using atmospheric observations and models
T2  - Environmental Research Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabd43
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/59941
VL  - 13
ER  -
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