在太空中探测局部的二氧化碳来源
Florian M Schwandner1,2, Michael R Gunson3, Charles E Miller3
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA. fschwand@jpl.nasa.gov.
概括
美国宇航局的轨道碳观测站-2 (OCO-2) 卫星精确地绘制了来自城市地区和火山等自然来源的大气二氧化碳 (CO2). 这项技术可以以高灵敏度检测局部的二氧化碳排放.
科学领域:
- 大气科学
- 遥感技术
- 地质化学
背景情况:
- 大气中的二氧化碳 (CO2) 度受到自然和人为来源的影响.
- 精确测量局部二氧化碳排放对于了解全球碳循环至关重要.
- 以前的卫星能力在解决点源的微量二氧化碳分布方面存在局限性.
研究的目的:
- 展示美国宇航局轨道碳观测站-2 (OCO-2) 探测和描述局部大气二氧化碳增强的能力.
- 区分来自城市人为活动和自然地质来源的二氧化碳.
- 评估来自不同点源的二氧化碳雾的空间范围和度.
主要方法:
- 使用来自OCO-2卫星的太空测量,实现千米级分辨率.
- 分析了洛杉矶大城市的OCO-2截面,
- 检查了雅苏尔火山向下风的OCO-2数据,以确定天然的二氧化碳.
主要成果:
- 在洛杉矶的城市核心, OCO-2 检测到明显的二氧化碳增强,
- 洛杉矶地区的季节性二氧化碳变化大约在每百万分之4.4至6.1之间.
- 一个狭窄的二氧化碳被确定在雅苏尔火山的下风, 符合每天41.6千的排放率.
结论:
- OCO-2的高分辨率和灵敏度可以检测局部的人为和自然的二氧化碳来源.
- 这些发现凸显了OCO-2在区域和地方范围内详细监测二氧化碳排放的潜力.
- 这种能力对于改善碳排放库存和了解区域碳预算至关重要.
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