Simulations of summertime fossil fuel CO2 in the Guanzhong basin, China
Simulations of summertime fossil fuel CO2 in the Guanzhong basin, China
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中国关中盆地夏季化石燃料二氧化碳的模拟
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.021
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Guohui Li
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作者:
Tian Feng;Weijian Zhou;Shugang Wu;Zhenchuan Niu;Peng Cheng;Xiaohu Xiong;Guohui Li
Recent studies on fossil fuel CO2simulation associated with Δ14CO2measurements is quite limited, particularly in China. In this study, the fossil fuel CO2recently added to the atmosphere (δCO2ff) over the Guanzhong basin, central China, during summer 2012 is simulated using a modified WRF-CHEM model constrained by measured CO2mixing ratio and Δ14CO2. The model well captures the temporal variation of observed CO2mixing ratio and Δ14CO2, and reasonably reproduces the distribution of observed Δ14CO2. The simulation shows a significant variation of δCO2ff during summertime, ranging from < 5 ppmv to ~ 100 ppmv and no remarkable trend of δCO2ff is found for June, July, and August. The δCO2ff level is closely associated with atmospheric diffusion conditions. The diurnal cycle of δCO2ff presents a double-peak pattern, a nocturnal one and a rush-hour one, related to the development of planetary boundary layer and CO2emission from vehicles. The spatial distributions of summertime δCO2ff within the basin is clearly higher than the outside, reaching up to 40 ppmv in urban Xi'an and 15 ppmv in its surrounding areas, indicative of large local fossil fuel emissions. Furthermore, we find that neglecting the influence of summer heterotrophic respiration in terrestrial biosphere would slightly underestimate the calculated δCO2ff by about 0.38 ppmv in the basin.