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Publications, Reports and Outputs

Peer reviewed publications

  1. Gillespie, L. D., Ars, S., Worthy, C., Brantley, H., Green, R., Scarpelli, T. R., et al. (2025). Comparison of Landfill Methane Emission Quantification Using Multiple Observation Methods. ACS ES&T Air. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00127
  2. Madsen-Colford, S., Hutyra, L., Smith, I., Wu, D., Arain, M. A., Staebler, R., et al. (2025). Modification and comparison of two urban vegetation models over Southern Ontario, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130, e2025JG008943. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JG008943
  3. Gillespie, L. D., Ars, S., Alkadri, S., Urya, S., Khoo, T., Fraser, S., … Wunch, D. (2025). Estimating methane emissions from the waste sector in Southern Ontario using atmospheric measurements. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 75(2), 144–163. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2024.2435340

Reports

  1. Wunch, D., Monteiro, R., Murphy, J., Panas, M., Ward, E., Corapi, A., Gillespie, L., and Mastrogiacomo, J.-P.: The Steam Plant emissions quantification experiment, University of Toronto, September 2024. UofTSteamPlantMethaneEmissionsResults_20240919

Webinars

  1. Wunch, D.: The Toronto Atmospheric Monitoring of Emissions (TAME) Project: Evaluating progress and co-benefits while avoiding pitfalls on the way to net-zero, IG3IS Webinar Series (Q3-Q4, 2025), 21 November 2025. https://wmo.int/events/meeting/ig3is-webinar-series-q3-q4-2025-toronto-atmospheric-monitoring-of-emissions-tame-project-evaluating

Talks at Conference Proceedings

  1. Corapi, A., Murphy, J., Panas, M., Ward, E., Wunch, D. Investigating the distribution of urban combustion emissions in Canadian cities. Talk. Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering x2026. Toronto, ON. May 2026.
  2. Lao, I., DiMaria, C., Zhao, X., Geddes, J., Jones, D., Wunch, D., Murphy, J. Exploring current and future gas-fired power plant NOx emissions and their impact on air quality in the Greater Toronto Area. Talk. Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering x2026. Toronto, ON. May 2026.
  3. Panas, M. Ward, E., Corapi, A., Ars, S., Murphy, J., Vogel, F., Wunch, D. Urban Mid-Cost Sensor Network for In Situ Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Monitoring in the Greater Toronto Area. Talk. Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering x2026. Toronto, ON. May 2026.
  4. DiMaria, C., Demirci, C., Gillespie, L., Ars, S., Jacobs, N., Prates, L., Jones, D., and Wunch, D.: High-resolution modelling of atmospheric methane in the Greater Toronto Area using WRF-GEOS-Chem, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-15301, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-15301, 2026.
  5. Panas, M., Ward, E., Corapi, A., Lao, I. R., Ars, S., Murphy, J. G., Vogel, F., Wunch, D., and Young, C. J.: Opportunities, Constraints, and Progress of a Mid-Cost Sensor Network for In Situ Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Monitoring in the Greater Toronto Area, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-15654, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-15654, 2026.
  6. Gillespie, L. D., Ars, S., Worthy C., Brantly H., Green R., Vogel, F., and Wunch, D.: Comparing Landfill Emissions Quantification Techniques at the Twin Creeks Landfill. Talk, CanCH4 Symposium, Carlton University, Ottawa ON, 2025
  7. Gillespie, L. D., Ars, S., Fraser, S., Vogel, F., and Wunch, D.: Comparing Methodologies for Quantifying Landfill Methane Emissions. Talk, American Geophysical Union 2024, Washington, D.C., 2024.
  8. Wunch, D., Murphy, J., Jones, D., Vogel, F., Panas, M., DiMaria, C., Ward, E., Madsen, S., Zhao, X., Young, C., Weaver, D., Ars, S., Jacobs, N., Restrepo-Coupe, N., Da Silva, I., Gillespie, L., and Corapi, Alexandra: An Observatory to Monitor Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Air Quality in Toronto, Canada. Talk (Invited), American Geophysical Union 2024, Washington, D.C., 2024.

Posters at Conference Proceedings

  1. Demirci, C., DiMaria, C., Madsen-Colford, S., Weir, B., Wunch, D., and Jones, D.: Effects of vegetation models on urban CO2 simulations over the Greater Toronto Area, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-13487, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-13487, 2026.
  2. Ward, E., Panas, M., Wunch, D. & Murphy, J.G.: Robust Calibration of Low-Cost Sensors for PM2.5 and PM10 Monitoring Across the Greater Toronto Area. Poster. Air and Odour Management Conference and Trade Show 2025, Toronto, Canada, 2025.
  3. Jacobs, N., Xu, S., Bavananthan, K., Wang, M., Latosinsky, K., Jones, N., Deutscher-Coupe, N., Griffith, D., and Vogel, F.: An investigation of gradients in XCO2, XCH4, and XCO for the city of Toronto using a network of EM27 FTS. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2024, Washington, D.C., 2024.
  4. Madsen, S., Wu, D., Hutyra, L., Smith, I., Staebler, R., Arain, M., Restrepo-Coupe, N., and Wunch, D.: Reconciling Differences Between Two Urban Vegetation CO2 Models Over Southern Ontario, Canada. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2024, Washington, D.C., 2024.
  5. Panas, M., Ward, E., Ars, S., Murphy, J., Vogel, F., Wunch, D., and Young, C.: A New In Situ Greenhouse Gas and Air Quality Monitoring Network for the Greater Toronto Area. Poster, American Geophysical Union 2024, Washington, D.C., 2024.

Talks at Workshops

  1. Corapi A.: Cold-Start Emmissions Study. Talk, SWAPIT Workshop Jan 2025, Toronto, ON, 2025.

Posters at Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program

  1. Berzhanskaya, S., Gillespie, L., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Quantifying Biogenic (and Bio-Anthropogenic) CH₄ Emissions from Sewage Grates Throughout Toronto and the GTA. Poster. ROP Program, UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  2. Grigorakis, S., Ars, S., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Identifying N₂O Hotspots in the Greater Toronto Area and Quantifying Emissions at a Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Mobile Sensor Data. Poster. UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  3. Heer, N., Vogel, F., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Understanding Urban Methane Sources Using Mobile Measurements of Methane and Ethane. Poster. UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  4. Marchesano, C.-M., Jacobs, N., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Quantifying Urban Greenhouse Gas Gradients in Toronto Using Total-Column CO₂, CH₄, and CO. Poster. UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  5. Sá, M., Panas, M., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Ozone Weekend Effect Observable with TAME Low-Cost Sensor Network. Poster. UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  6. Yen, E., Panas, M., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Remote Calibration of Low-Cost Sensors with National Air Pollution Surveillance Program (NAPS) Data. Poster. ROP Program, UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, University of Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.
  7. Zhu, K.J., Panas, M., Lao, I., Murphy, J.G. & Wunch, D.: Low-Cost Sensor CO₂ Variability and Time Averaging. Poster. UofT Undergraduate Research Poster Fair, ROP Program, Toronto, Canada, March 11, 2026.

Publications related to the TAME Project

  1. Madsen, S., Wu, D., Halim, M. A., and Wunch, D.: CO2 fluxes of vegetation in the Greenbelt of Ontario and increased net ecosystem emissions associated with its removal, Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12, 00102, https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2023.00102, 2024.

Publications that are precursors to the TAME Project

  1. Ars, S., Vogel, F., Arrowsmith, C., Heerah, S., Knuckey, E., Lavoie, J., Lee, C., Pak, N. M., Phillips, J. L., and Wunch, D.: Investigation of the Spatial Distribution of Methane Sources in the Greater Toronto Area Using Mobile Gas Monitoring Systems, Environ. Sci. Technol., 54, 15671–15679, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05386, 2020.

  2. Mostafavi Pak, N., Heerah, S., Zhang, J., Chan, E., Worthy, D., Vogel, F., and Wunch, D.: The Facility Level and Area Methane Emissions inventory for the Greater Toronto Area (FLAME-GTA), Atmospheric Environment, 252, 118319, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118319, 2021.

  3. Pugliese, S. C., Murphy, J. G., Vogel, F. R., Moran, M. D., Zhang, J., Zheng, Q., Stroud, C. A., Ren, S., Worthy, D., and Broquet, G.: High-resolution quantification of atmospheric CO2 mixing ratios in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 3387–3401, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-3387-2018, 2018.