Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates  from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer  measurements of column carbon dioxide

Palmer, Paul I.; Wilson, Emily L.; L. Villanueva, Geronimo; Liuzzi, Giuliano; Feng, Liang; DiGregorio, Anthony J.; Mao, Jianping; Ott, Lesley; Duncan, Bryan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2579-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Research article

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02 May 2019

Research article |

| 02 May 2019

Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer measurements of column carbon dioxide

Paul I. Palmer, Emily L. Wilson, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Giuliano Liuzzi, Liang Feng, Anthony J. DiGregorio, Jianping Mao, Lesley Ott, and Bryan Duncan

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Palmer et al., Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer measurements of column carbon dioxide', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Responses', Emily Wilson, 20 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometer measurements of column carbon dioxide" by Palmer et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jun 2018
- AC2: 'See response to RC1', Emily Wilson, 20 Mar 2019
SC1: 'Comment on potential improvements in global carbon flux estimates from a network of laser heterodyne radiometers', Frank Hase, 13 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'See response to SC1', Emily Wilson, 20 Mar 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Paul Palmer on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Mar 2019) by John Worden

AR by Paul Palmer on behalf of the Authors (25 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2019) by John Worden

Short summary

We describe the potential impact of a new, low-cost, portable ground instrument (the mini-LHR) that measures methane and carbon dioxide in the atmospheric column. This region is key in quantifying the global carbon budget but has geographical gaps in measurements left by ground-based networks and space-based observations. A deployment of 50 mini-LHRs would add new data products in the Amazon, the Arctic, and southern Asia and significantly improve knowledge of regional and global carbon budgets.