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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5841-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5841-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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14 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 14 Oct 2022
| 14 Oct 2022
Comparing airborne algorithms for greenhouse gas flux measurements over the Alberta oil sands
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada
Cristen Adams
Resource Stewardship Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, AB, T5J 5C6, Canada
Andrea Darlington
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada
Mackenzie L. Smith
Scientific Aviation, Inc., Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Andrew K. Thorpe
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Gregory R. Wentworth
Resource Stewardship Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, Edmonton, AB, T5J 5C6, Canada
Steve Conley
Scientific Aviation, Inc., Boulder, CO 80301, USA
John Liggio
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada
Shao-Meng Li
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, M3H 5T4, Canada
Charles E. Miller
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
John A. Gamon
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada
School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA
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Short summary
Accurately estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential to reaching net-zero goals to combat the climate crisis. Airborne box-flights are ideal for assessing regional GHG emissions, as they can attain small error. We compare two box-flight algorithms and found they produce similar results, but daily variability must be considered when deriving emissions inventories. Increasing the consistency and agreement between airborne methods moves us closer to achieving more accurate estimates.
Accurately estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential to reaching net-zero goals to...
