Articles | Volume 14, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1879-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1879-2021
Research article
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08 Mar 2021
Research article |  | 08 Mar 2021

Methane emissions from an oil sands tailings pond: a quantitative comparison of fluxes derived by different methods

Yuan You, Ralf M. Staebler, Samar G. Moussa, James Beck, and Richard L. Mittermeier

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Emissions from tailings ponds to the atmosphere, oil sands region Environment and Climate Change Canada http://data.ec.gc.ca/data/air/monitor/source-emissions-monitoring-oil-sands-region/emissions-from-tailings-ponds-to-the-atmosphere-oil-sands-region/

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Tailings ponds in the Alberta oil sands can be significant sources of methane, an important greenhouse gas. This paper describes a 1-month study conducted in 2017 to measure methane emissions from a pond using a variety of micrometeorological flux methods and demonstrates some advantages of these methods over flux chambers.