Articles | Volume 11, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1565-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1565-2018
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22 Mar 2018
Research article |  | 22 Mar 2018

Bootstrap inversion technique for atmospheric trace gas source detection and quantification using long open-path laser measurements

Caroline B. Alden, Subhomoy Ghosh, Sean Coburn, Colm Sweeney, Anna Karion, Robert Wright, Ian Coddington, Gregory B. Rieker, and Kuldeep Prasad

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The location and sizing leaks of methane from natural gas operations poses a real challenge for greenhouse gas emission mitigation efforts and for accurate quantification of emissions inventories. We demonstrate, with synthetic and field tests, a new statistical method for the location and sizing of small trace gas point sources dispersed over large areas, based on measurements of ambient atmospheric conditions made with long-range, open-path laser-based atmospheric observations.