An improved method for mobile characterisation of δ13CH4 source signatures and its application in Germany

Hoheisel, Antje; Yeman, Christiane; Dinger, Florian; Eckhardt, Henrik; Schmidt, Martina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1123-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1123-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1123-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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22 Feb 2019

Research article |

| 22 Feb 2019

An improved method for mobile characterisation of δ¹³CH₄ source signatures and its application in Germany

Antje Hoheisel, Christiane Yeman, Florian Dinger, Henrik Eckhardt, and Martina Schmidt

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Oct 2018
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Antje Hoheisel, 21 Dec 2018
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Antje Hoheisel, 21 Dec 2018
RC3: 'Review of “Characterisation of δ13CH4 source signatures from methane sources in Germany using mobile measurements” by Hoheilsel et al., for AMT.', Anonymous Referee #3, 06 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Response to referee #3', Antje Hoheisel, 21 Dec 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Antje Hoheisel on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Jan 2019) by Thomas Röckmann

AR by Antje Hoheisel on behalf of the Authors (04 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In this study, we developed and applied a mobile instrument set-up to determine the carbon isotope source signature by measuring the plume of different methane sources. Therefore, we carefully characterised the analyser especially with regard to cross sensitivities of the gas matrix. During 21 field campaigns we determined mean carbon isotope values of three dairy farms, a biogas plant, a landfill, a wastewater treatment plant, an active deep coal mine and two natural gas facilities in Germany.