Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4495-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4495-2019
Research article
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22 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 22 Aug 2019

UK greenhouse gas measurements at two new tall towers for aiding emissions verification

Ann R. Stavert, Simon O'Doherty, Kieran Stanley, Dickon Young, Alistair J. Manning, Mark F. Lunt, Christopher Rennick, and Tim Arnold

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Under the UK GAUGE project, two new greenhouse gas observation sites were established in the 2013/2014 winter at two telecommunications towers. A combination of spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation was used to measure CO2, CH4, CO, N2O and SF6. The advantages and disadvantages of two CRDS sample drying strategies, Nafion(R) and empirical water correction, were also examined.