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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">EGUsphere</journal-id>
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<journal-title>EGUsphere</journal-title>
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<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2025-1378</article-id>
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<article-title>Tracing Ammonia Emission Sources in California&apos;s Salton Sea Region: Insights from Airborne Longwave-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging and Ground Monitoring</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hasheminassab</surname>
<given-names>Sina</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tratt</surname>
<given-names>David M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kalashnikova</surname>
<given-names>Olga V.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Chang</surname>
<given-names>Clement S.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Alvarez</surname>
<given-names>Morad</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Buckland</surname>
<given-names>Kerry N.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Garay</surname>
<given-names>Michael J.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hopkins</surname>
<given-names>Francesca M.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6110-7675</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Keim</surname>
<given-names>Eric R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kuai</surname>
<given-names>Le</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-1150</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Miao</surname>
<given-names>Yaning</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Pakbin</surname>
<given-names>Payam</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Porter</surname>
<given-names>William C.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3121-8323</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Sowlat</surname>
<given-names>Mohammad H.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91011, USA</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA 90009, USA</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA</addr-line>
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<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>South Coast Air Quality Management District, Diamond Bar, CA 91765, USA</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>01</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2025</year>
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<volume>2025</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>24</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2025 Sina Hasheminassab et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
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<p>Ammonia (NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;) plays an important role in atmospheric chemistry and air quality, but its emissions remain poorly constrained due to its short atmospheric lifetime, high spatial heterogeneity, and limited coverage of existing monitoring resources. This study integrates airborne longwave-infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral imaging at ~2 m spatial resolution with ground-based stationary and mobile in-situ measurements to map and characterize NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; emissions in two regions near the Salton Sea in Southern California: Mecca in the northwest and Imperial in the southeast. Airborne surveys conducted in March and September 2023 with a wide-swath LWIR spectra imager revealed pronounced spatial and seasonal variability. Average NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; levels in Imperial were 2.5 to 8 times higher than those in Mecca, linked primarily to large, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), geothermal power plants, fumaroles, and intensive agricultural activities. Ground-based mobile monitoring corroborated these findings, showing elevated NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; levels near these sources and especially high NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations downwind of CAFOs with large cattle populations. The results underscore the utility of airborne LWIR hyperspectral imaging in detecting and mapping NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt; at hyperlocal scales, including sources absent from existing inventories. They further highlight the need for routine airborne campaigns and the development of next-generation satellite missions with higher spatial resolution to achieve comprehensive, large-area monitoring. These findings inform air quality management strategies and emphasize the importance of improving emission inventories for effective mitigation of NH&lt;sub&gt;3&lt;/sub&gt;-driven air pollution.</p>
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