Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts
We present top-down estimates of anthropogenic CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes at mesoscale using a Lagrangian model in combination with three different WRF model configurations, driven by data from aircraft flights during the CALNEX campaign in southe...
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| author | J. Brioude W. M. Angevine R. Ahmadov S.-W. Kim S. Evan S. A. McKeen E.-Y. Hsie G. J. Frost J. A. Neuman I. B. Pollack J. Peischl T. B. Ryerson J. Holloway S. S. Brown J. B. Nowak J. M. Roberts S. C. Wofsy G. W. Santoni T. Oda M. Trainer |
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| description | We present top-down estimates of anthropogenic CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes at mesoscale using a Lagrangian model in combination with three different WRF model configurations, driven by data from aircraft flights during the CALNEX campaign in southern California in May–June 2010. The US EPA National Emission Inventory 2005 (NEI 2005) was the prior in the CO and NO<sub>x</sub> inversion calculations. The flux ratio inversion method, based on linear relationships between chemical species, was used to calculate the CO<sub>2</sub> inventory without prior knowledge of CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes. The inversion was applied to each flight to estimate the variability of single-flight-based flux estimates. In Los Angeles (LA) County, the uncertainties on CO and NO<sub>x</sub> fluxes were 10% and 15%, respectively. Compared with NEI 2005, the CO posterior emissions were lower by 43% in LA County and by 37% in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions were lower by 32% in LA County and by 27% in the SoCAB. NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions were 40% lower on weekends relative to weekdays. The CO<sub>2</sub> posterior estimates were 183 Tg yr<sup>−1</sup> in SoCAB. A flight during ITCT (Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation) in 2002 was used to estimate emissions in the LA Basin in 2002. From 2002 to 2010, the CO and NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions decreased by 41% and 37%, respectively, in agreement with previous studies. Over the same time period, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions increased by 10% in LA County but decreased by 4% in the SoCAB, a statistically insignificant change. Overall, the posterior estimates were in good agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) inventory, with differences of 15% or less. However, the posterior spatial distribution in the basin was significantly different from CARB for NO<sub>x</sub> emissions. WRF-Chem mesoscale chemical-transport model simulations allowed an evaluation of differences in chemistry using different inventory assumptions, including NEI 2005, a gridded CARB inventory and the posterior inventories derived in this study. The biases in WRF-Chem ozone were reduced and correlations were increased using the posterior from this study compared with simulations with the two bottom-up inventories, suggesting that improving the spatial distribution of ozone precursor surface emissions is also important in mesoscale chemistry simulations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6d0daa45deb840c786864817e3443f4b2022-12-22T01:18:05ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242013-04-011373661367710.5194/acp-13-3661-2013Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impactsJ. BrioudeW. M. AngevineR. AhmadovS.-W. KimS. EvanS. A. McKeenE.-Y. HsieG. J. FrostJ. A. NeumanI. B. PollackJ. PeischlT. B. RyersonJ. HollowayS. S. BrownJ. B. NowakJ. M. RobertsS. C. WofsyG. W. SantoniT. OdaM. TrainerWe present top-down estimates of anthropogenic CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes at mesoscale using a Lagrangian model in combination with three different WRF model configurations, driven by data from aircraft flights during the CALNEX campaign in southern California in May–June 2010. The US EPA National Emission Inventory 2005 (NEI 2005) was the prior in the CO and NO<sub>x</sub> inversion calculations. The flux ratio inversion method, based on linear relationships between chemical species, was used to calculate the CO<sub>2</sub> inventory without prior knowledge of CO<sub>2</sub> surface fluxes. The inversion was applied to each flight to estimate the variability of single-flight-based flux estimates. In Los Angeles (LA) County, the uncertainties on CO and NO<sub>x</sub> fluxes were 10% and 15%, respectively. Compared with NEI 2005, the CO posterior emissions were lower by 43% in LA County and by 37% in the South Coast Air Basin (SoCAB). NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions were lower by 32% in LA County and by 27% in the SoCAB. NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions were 40% lower on weekends relative to weekdays. The CO<sub>2</sub> posterior estimates were 183 Tg yr<sup>−1</sup> in SoCAB. A flight during ITCT (Intercontinental Transport and Chemical Transformation) in 2002 was used to estimate emissions in the LA Basin in 2002. From 2002 to 2010, the CO and NO<sub>x</sub> posterior emissions decreased by 41% and 37%, respectively, in agreement with previous studies. Over the same time period, CO<sub>2</sub> emissions increased by 10% in LA County but decreased by 4% in the SoCAB, a statistically insignificant change. Overall, the posterior estimates were in good agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) inventory, with differences of 15% or less. However, the posterior spatial distribution in the basin was significantly different from CARB for NO<sub>x</sub> emissions. WRF-Chem mesoscale chemical-transport model simulations allowed an evaluation of differences in chemistry using different inventory assumptions, including NEI 2005, a gridded CARB inventory and the posterior inventories derived in this study. The biases in WRF-Chem ozone were reduced and correlations were increased using the posterior from this study compared with simulations with the two bottom-up inventories, suggesting that improving the spatial distribution of ozone precursor surface emissions is also important in mesoscale chemistry simulations.http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/3661/2013/acp-13-3661-2013.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. Brioude W. M. Angevine R. Ahmadov S.-W. Kim S. Evan S. A. McKeen E.-Y. Hsie G. J. Frost J. A. Neuman I. B. Pollack J. Peischl T. B. Ryerson J. Holloway S. S. Brown J. B. Nowak J. M. Roberts S. C. Wofsy G. W. Santoni T. Oda M. Trainer Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| title | Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts |
| title_full | Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts |
| title_fullStr | Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts |
| title_short | Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO<sub>x</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> and their impacts |
| title_sort | top down estimate of surface flux in the los angeles basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique assessing anthropogenic emissions of co no sub x sub and co sub 2 sub and their impacts |
| url | http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/13/3661/2013/acp-13-3661-2013.pdf |
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