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2011

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University of Wollongong

Life Sciences

Carbon

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Preliminary Validation Of Column-Averaged Volume Mixing Ratios Of Carbon Dioxide And Methane Retrieved From Gosat Short-Wavelength Infrared Spectra, David W. Griffith, G C. Toon, B Connor, R Sussmann, Thorsten Warneke, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Paul O. Wennberg, Justus Notholt, V Sherlock, J Robinson, O Uchino, C M. Roehl, I Morino, Debra Wunch, Janina Messerschmidt, Y Yoshida, M Inoue, M Rettinger Jan 2011

Preliminary Validation Of Column-Averaged Volume Mixing Ratios Of Carbon Dioxide And Methane Retrieved From Gosat Short-Wavelength Infrared Spectra, David W. Griffith, G C. Toon, B Connor, R Sussmann, Thorsten Warneke, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Paul O. Wennberg, Justus Notholt, V Sherlock, J Robinson, O Uchino, C M. Roehl, I Morino, Debra Wunch, Janina Messerschmidt, Y Yoshida, M Inoue, M Rettinger

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

Column-averaged volume mixing ratios of carbon dioxide and methane retrieved from the Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite (GOSAT) Short-Wavelength InfraRed observation (GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 ) were compared with the reference calibrated data obtained by ground-based high-resolution Fourier Transform Spectrometers (g-b FTSs) participating in the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON). Preliminary results are as follows: the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 (Version 01.xx) are biased low by 8.85 ±4.75 ppm (2.3±1.2 %) and 20.4±18.9 ppb (1.2±1.1 %), respectively. The standard deviation of the GOSAT SWIR XCO2 and XCH4 is about 1% after correcting the negative biases of XCO2 and …


Daily And 3-Hourly Variability In Global Fire Emissions And Consequences For Atmospheric Model Predictions Of Carbon Monoxide, M Mu, James Randerson, G R. Van Der Werf, L Giglio, Prasad Kasibhatla, D Morton, G J. Collatz, R S. Defries, E J. Hyer, E M. Prins, David W. Griffith, Debra Wunch, G C. Toon, V Sherlock, Paul O. Wennberg Jan 2011

Daily And 3-Hourly Variability In Global Fire Emissions And Consequences For Atmospheric Model Predictions Of Carbon Monoxide, M Mu, James Randerson, G R. Van Der Werf, L Giglio, Prasad Kasibhatla, D Morton, G J. Collatz, R S. Defries, E J. Hyer, E M. Prins, David W. Griffith, Debra Wunch, G C. Toon, V Sherlock, Paul O. Wennberg

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

"Attribution of the causes of atmospheric trace gas and aerosol variability often requires the use of high resolution time series of anthropogenic and natural emissions inventories. Here we developed an approach for representing synoptic-and diurnal-scale temporal variability in fire emissions for the Global Fire Emissions Database version 3 (GFED3). We disaggregated monthly GFED3 emissions during 2003-2009 to a daily time step using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived measurements of active fires from Terra and Aqua satellites. In parallel, mean diurnal cycles were constructed from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA) active fire observations. Daily variability …


Sources Of Carbonaceous Aerosols And Deposited Black Carbon In The Arctic In Winter-Spring: Implications For Radiative Forcing, Q Wang, D J. Jacob, J A. Fisher, J Mao, E M. Leibensperger, C C. Carouge, P Le Sager, Y Kondo, J L. Jimenez, M J. Cubison, S J. Doherty Jan 2011

Sources Of Carbonaceous Aerosols And Deposited Black Carbon In The Arctic In Winter-Spring: Implications For Radiative Forcing, Q Wang, D J. Jacob, J A. Fisher, J Mao, E M. Leibensperger, C C. Carouge, P Le Sager, Y Kondo, J L. Jimenez, M J. Cubison, S J. Doherty

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

We use a global chemical transport model (GEOS-Chem CTM) to interpret observations of black carbon (BC) and organic aerosol (OA) from the NASA ARCTAS aircraft campaign over the North American Arctic in April 2008, as well as longer-term records in surface air and in snow (2007-2009). BC emission inventories for North America, Europe, and Asia in the model are tested by comparison with surface air observations over these source regions. Russian open fires were the dominant source of OA in the Arctic troposphere during ARCTAS but we find that BC was of prevailingly anthropogenic (fossil fuel and biofuel) origin, particularly …


Preparation And Characterisation Of Conducting Biopolymer-Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials, Ali Aldalbahi, Marc In Het Panhuis Jan 2011

Preparation And Characterisation Of Conducting Biopolymer-Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials, Ali Aldalbahi, Marc In Het Panhuis

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

In this work, kappa-carrageenan (KC) is used to prepare composite dispersions consisting of single-walled (SWNTs) and multi-walled (MWNTs) carbon nanotubes. Free-standing composite films were prepared by evaporative casting and vacuum filtration of these dispersions.


The Influence Of Sediment Particle Size And Organic Carbon On Toxicity Of Copper To Benthic Invertebrates In Oxic/Suboxic Surface Sediments, David Strom, Stuart L. Simpson, Graeme E. Batley, Dianne F. Jolley Jan 2011

The Influence Of Sediment Particle Size And Organic Carbon On Toxicity Of Copper To Benthic Invertebrates In Oxic/Suboxic Surface Sediments, David Strom, Stuart L. Simpson, Graeme E. Batley, Dianne F. Jolley

Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)

The use of sediment quality guidelines to predict the toxicity of metals in sediments is limited by an inadequate understanding of exposure pathways and by poor causal links between exposure and effects. For a 10-d exposure to Cu-spiked sediments, toxicity to the amphipod Melita plumulosa was demonstrated to occur through a combination of dissolved and dietary Cu exposure pathways, but for the bivalves Spisula trigonella and Tellina deltoidalis, toxicity occurred primarily by exposure to dissolved Cu. For relatively oxidized sediments that had moderate amounts of organic carbon (2.6-8.3% OC), silt (20-100%