Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-645-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-645-2017
Research article
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01 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2017

A mobile sensor network to map carbon dioxide emissions in urban environments

Joseph K. Lee, Andreas Christen, Rick Ketler, and Zoran Nesic

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We developed a method for directly measuring emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in cities, using a mobile sensor network operated on vehicles (car, bikes) with open-source components. In two measurement campaigns, the network was tested in the City of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Carbon dioxide concentrations and emissions were mapped at block level (100 × 100 m). Our measured emissions agreed generally with a fine-scale independent emissions inventory.
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