Real-world wintertime CO, N<sub>2</sub>O, and CO<sub>2</sub> emissions of a central European village
<p>Although small rural settlements are only minor individual sources of greenhouse gases and air pollution, their high overall occurrence can significantly contribute to the total emissions of a region or country. Emissions from a rural lifestyle may be remarkably different than those of urba...
| Published in: | Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2022-09-01
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| Online Access: | https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/15/5019/2022/amt-15-5019-2022.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>Although small rural settlements are only minor individual sources of greenhouse gases and air pollution, their high overall
occurrence can significantly contribute to the total emissions of a region
or country. Emissions from a rural lifestyle may be remarkably different
than those of urban and industrialized regions, but nevertheless they have
hardly been studied so far. Here, flux measurements at a tall-tower eddy
covariance monitoring site and the footprint model FFP are used to determine the real-world wintertime CO, N<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span>O, and CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span> emissions of a small village in western Hungary. The recorded emission densities, dominantly resulting from residential heating, are 3.5,
0.043, and 72 <span class="inline-formula">µ</span>g m<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−2</sup></span> s<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span> for CO, N<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span>O, and CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span>, respectively. While the measured CO and CO<span class="inline-formula"><sub>2</sub></span>
emissions are comparable to those calculated using the assumed energy
consumption and applying the according emission factors, the nitrous oxide
emissions exceed the expected value by a magnitude. This may indicate that
the nitrous oxide emissions are significantly underestimated in the emission
inventories, and modifications in the methodology of emission calculations
are necessary. Using a three-dimensional forward transport model, we further
show that, in contrast to the flux measurements, the concentration
measurements at the regional background monitoring site are only
insignificantly influenced by the emissions of the nearby village.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1867-1381 1867-8548 |