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Controlled-release experiment to investigate uncertainties in UAV-based emission quantification for methane point sources

Abstract: Mapping trace gas emission plumes using in situ measurements from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging and attractive possibility to quantify emissions from localized sources. Here, we present the results of an extensive controlled-release experiment in Dübendorf, Switzerland, w...

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Main Authors: Morales, Randulph (Author) , Ravelid, Jonas (Author) , Vinkovic, Katarina (Author) , Korbeń, Piotr (Author) , Tuzson, Béla (Author) , Emmenegger, Lukas (Author) , Chen, Huilin (Author) , Schmidt, Martina (Author) , Humbel, Sebastian (Author) , Brunner, Dominik (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 11 April 2022
In: Atmospheric measurement techniques
Year: 2022, Volume: 15, Issue: 7, Pages: 2177-2198
ISSN:1867-8548
DOI:10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/15/2177/2022/
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Author Notes:Randulph Morales, Jonas Ravelid, Katarina Vinkovic, Piotr Korbeń, Béla Tuzson, Lukas Emmenegger, Huilin Chen, Martina Schmidt, Sebastian Humbel and Dominik Brunner
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Summary:Abstract: Mapping trace gas emission plumes using in situ measurements from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging and attractive possibility to quantify emissions from localized sources. Here, we present the results of an extensive controlled-release experiment in Dübendorf, Switzerland, which was conducted to develop an optimal quantification method and to determine the related uncertainties under various environmental and sampling conditions. Atmospheric methane mole fractions were simultaneously measured using a miniaturized fast-response quantum cascade laser absorption spectrometer (QCLAS) and an active AirCore system mounted on a commercial UAV. Emission fluxes were estimated using a mass-balance method by flying the UAV-based system through a vertical cross-section downwind of the point source perpendicular to the main wind direction at multiple altitudes. A refined kriging framework, called cluster-based kriging, was developed to spatially map individual methane measurement points into the whole measurement plane, while taking into account the different spatial scales between background and enhanced methane values in the plume. We found that the new kriging framework resulted in better quantification compared to ordinary kriging...
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ISSN:1867-8548
DOI:10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022

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