A multi-city urban atmospheric greenhouse gas measurement data synthesis
L. Mitchell, John C. Lin, Lucy R. Hutyra, D. R. Bowling, R. C. Cohen, K. J. Davis, Elizabeth DiGangi, Riley Duren, James R. Ehleringer, Clayton Fain, Matthias M. Falk, A. Guha, A. Karion, Ralph F. Keeling, Jooil Kim, N. L. Miles, Charles E. Miller, Sally Newman, Diane E. Pataki, Steve Prinzivalli, Xinrong Ren, Andrew L. Rice, Scott J. Richardson, Maryann Sargent, Britton B. Stephens, Jocelyn Turnbull, K. R. Verhulst, Felix Vogel, Ray F. Weiss, J. R. Whetstone, Steven C. Wofsy
Abstract
) that contribute to modern-day climate change. As such, a growing number of urban policymakers and stakeholders are adopting emission reduction targets and implementing policies to reach those targets. Over the past two decades research teams have established urban GHG monitoring networks to determine how much, where, and why a particular city emits GHGs, and to track changes in emissions over time. Coordination among these efforts has been limited, restricting the scope of analyses and insights. Here we present a harmonized data set synthesizing urban GHG observations from cities with monitoring networks across North America that will facilitate cross-city analyses and address scientific questions that are difficult to address in isolation.