European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013

Program Group: Energy, Resources and the Environment
ERE5.1: Measurement of Greenhouse Gases at the Urban Scale

Convener: E. Crosson  
Co-Convener: P. Ciais

Abstract Submission

The measurement of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from urban centers in Europe and the U.S. is of extreme interest to academic researchers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industry.  This interest is being driven by the fact that the identification and quantification of GHG emissions enable policy makers to make informed, metrics-based decisions and to incentivize changes in transportation and land use patterns  In addition, anticipated regulatory changes to GHG emissions requirements, as well as recent claims by the natural gas industry that natural gas is the clean fuel of the future, have given rise to even more interest.

Utilizing a variety of measurement tools, including networks of analyzers, flux measurements, and measurements taken by aircraft and cars, just to name a few, knowledge about urban-scale GHG emissions is quickly growing. 

This session is open to those focused on efforts to measure and quantify GHG emissions at the facility-level, the neighborhood-level, and also at city and regional scales. To this end, we welcome those involved with GHG concentration and emissions measurements around urban centers to present their work. In addition, because it is a very fast growing area, plans to develop such measurement capabilities around specific cities or regions are also welcomed. It is hoped that the session will bring together many researchers, and even policy makers, who are interested in pooling resources and collaborating on such projects.