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Intensive Study Of Ambient Carbon Dioxide Variability In Urban Atlanta, Brian L. Vann Mr.

Geosciences Theses

Urban areas contain multiple sources and sinks of carbon dioxide, yet spatial and temporal information explaining its variability, diurnal patterns, and effects from human activity are limited. The city of Atlanta, due to conflicting air masses, geographic location, and population growth, is as an excellent location to study carbon dioxide concentrations across its urban landscape. Mobile measurements of ambient CO₂ concentrations were obtained at 1.5m above ground level along a transect in winter 2010 within the perimeter of Atlanta. Analyses of winter 2010 CO₂ variability at GSU’s stationary CO₂ monitor was also explored. The results showed that …