Application of Gauss's theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from airborne measurements of wind and trace gases

Conley, Stephen; Faloona, Ian; Mehrotra, Shobhit; Suard, Maxime; Lenschow, Donald H.; Sweeney, Colm; Herndon, Scott; Schwietzke, Stefan; Pétron, Gabrielle; Pifer, Justin; Kort, Eric A.; Schnell, Russell

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3345-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3345-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-3345-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 9

Research article

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13 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 13 Sep 2017

Application of Gauss's theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from airborne measurements of wind and trace gases

Stephen Conley, Ian Faloona, Shobhit Mehrotra, Maxime Suard, Donald H. Lenschow, Colm Sweeney, Scott Herndon, Stefan Schwietzke, Gabrielle Pétron, Justin Pifer, Eric A. Kort, and Russell Schnell

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RC1: 'Referee comment on "Application of Gauss’s Theorem to quantify localized surface emissions from airborne measurements of wind and trace gases" by Conley et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 May 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer1', Stephen Conley, 20 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Jun 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer3', Stephen Conley, 20 Jul 2017
AC3: 'Revised paper', Stephen Conley, 20 Jul 2017

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AR by Stephen Conley on behalf of the Authors (28 Jul 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (07 Aug 2017) by Andre Butz

AR by Stephen Conley on behalf of the Authors (11 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Aug 2017) by Andre Butz

AR by Stephen Conley on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2017)

Short summary

This paper describes a new method of quantifying surface trace gas emissions (e.g. methane) from small aircraft (e.g. Mooney, Cessna) in about 30 min. This technique greatly enhances our ability to rapidly respond in the event of catastrophic failures such as Aliso Canyon and Deep Water Horizon.