Nickless, AScholes, BBrunke, E2012-10-292012-10-292012-10Nickless, A, Scholes, B and Brunke, E. The Cape Town Carbon Observatory. 4th CSIR Biennial Conference: Real problems relevant solutions, CSIR, Pretoria, 9-10 October 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/62364th CSIR Biennial Conference: Real problems relevant solutions, CSIR, Pretoria, 9-10 October 2012Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions from an area is usually done by adding up all the known sources. Some can be missed, and others under-reported. But there is now a way to conduct an independent check. By measuring the concentration of gases in the air very precisely and continuously, and by knowing how the air moves over the Earth’s surface, it is possible to estimate where the gases came from, and in what quantity. This is called inverse modelling. The method has been developed and tested at the scale of the whole planet, but this does not give any national or local detail – the scales at which greenhouse gas management occurs. The Carbon Observatory project is testing whether the inverse modelling method can be applied at the scale of a large metropolitan area.enGreenhouse gas emissionsInverse modellingCarbon Observatory projectGlobal Atmospheric Watch StationsCarbon emissionsSA-ICONAir movementCarbon uptakeGasesConference PresentationNickless, A., Scholes, B., & Brunke, E. (2012). The Cape Town Carbon Observatory. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6236Nickless, A, B Scholes, and E Brunke. "The Cape Town Carbon Observatory." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6236Nickless A, Scholes B, Brunke E, The Cape Town Carbon Observatory; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6236 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Nickless, A AU - Scholes, B AU - Brunke, E AB - Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions from an area is usually done by adding up all the known sources. Some can be missed, and others under-reported. But there is now a way to conduct an independent check. By measuring the concentration of gases in the air very precisely and continuously, and by knowing how the air moves over the Earth’s surface, it is possible to estimate where the gases came from, and in what quantity. This is called inverse modelling. The method has been developed and tested at the scale of the whole planet, but this does not give any national or local detail – the scales at which greenhouse gas management occurs. The Carbon Observatory project is testing whether the inverse modelling method can be applied at the scale of a large metropolitan area. DA - 2012-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Greenhouse gas emissions KW - Inverse modelling KW - Carbon Observatory project KW - Global Atmospheric Watch Stations KW - Carbon emissions KW - SA-ICON KW - Air movement KW - Carbon uptake KW - Gases LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - The Cape Town Carbon Observatory TI - The Cape Town Carbon Observatory UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6236 ER -