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Atmospheric Fossil Fuel CO2 Measurement Using a Field Unit in a Central European City During the Winter of 2008/09

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

M Molnár ,
L Haszpra ,
É Svingor ,
I Major  and
I Svetlik
M Molnár*
Affiliation:
Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, MTA ATOMKI, Bem tér 18/c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary
L Haszpra
Affiliation:
Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest, Hungary
É Svingor
Affiliation:
Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, MTA ATOMKI, Bem tér 18/c, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary
I Major
Affiliation:
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
I Svetlik
Affiliation:
Nuclear Physics Institute AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
*
Corresponding author. Email: mmol@atomki.hu
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A high-precision atmospheric CO2 monitoring station was developed as a field unit. Within this, an integrating CO2 sampling system was applied to collect samples for radiocarbon measurements. One sampler was installed in the second largest city of Hungary (Debrecen station) and 2 independent 14CO2 sampling lines were installed ∼300 km from Debrecen in a rural site at Hegyhátsál station as independent background references, where high-precision atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios have been measured since 1994. Fossil fuel CO2 content in the air of the large Hungarian city of Debrecen was determined during the winter of 2008 using both the measurements of CO2 mixing ratio and 14C content of air. Fossil fuel CO2 was significantly enhanced at Debrecen relative to the clean-air site at Hegyhátsál.

Type
Methods, Applications, and Developments
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 2: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 835 - 845
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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