Observing entrainment mixing, photochemical ozone production, and regional methane emissions by aircraft using a simple mixed-layer framework

Trousdell, Justin F.; Conley, Stephen A.; Post, Andy; Faloona, Ian C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15433-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15433-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15433-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 24

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15 Dec 2016

Research article |

| 15 Dec 2016

Observing entrainment mixing, photochemical ozone production, and regional methane emissions by aircraft using a simple mixed-layer framework

Justin F. Trousdell, Stephen A. Conley, Andy Post, and Ian C. Faloona

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-15433-2016-supplement

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California Greenhouse gas emissions measurement (CALGEM), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory M. Fisher http://calgem.lbl.gov/prior_emission.html#

NARR NOAA/OAR/ESRL http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.narr.html

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In situ data from two flight campaigns in California’s San Joaquin Valley, an area characterized by complex terrain and patchy sources, is used to estimate important aspects of air pollution meteorology including rates of: vertical mixing, photochemical production of ozone, and the surface emission of non-reactive gases. Shown is the utility of airborne studies to help constrain crucial elements of air pollution modeling including vertical mixing, horizontal advection, and emission inventories.