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

Morales, Randulph; Ravelid, Jonas; Vinkovic, Katarina; Korbeń, Piotr; Tuzson, Béla; Emmenegger, Lukas; Chen, Huilin; Schmidt, Martina; Humbel, Sebastian; Brunner, Dominik

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Research article

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11 Apr 2022

Research article |

| 11 Apr 2022

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

Randulph Morales, Jonas Ravelid, Katarina Vinkovic, Piotr Korbeń, Béla Tuzson, Lukas Emmenegger, Huilin Chen, Martina Schmidt, Sebastian Humbel, and Dominik Brunner

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-2177-2022-supplement

Data sets

Dataset - Controlled release experiment to investigate uncertainties in UAV-based emission quantification for methane point sources Randulph Morales, Jonas Ravelid, Katarina Vinkovic, Piotr Korbeń, Béla Tuzson, Lukas Emmenegger, Huilin Chen, Martina Schmidt, Sebastian Humbel, and Dominik Brunner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6335359

Model code and software

Python Codes - Controlled release experiment to investigate uncertainties in UAV-based emission quantification for methane point sources Randulph Morales, Jonas Ravelid, Katarina Vinkovic, Piotr Korbeń, Béla Tuzson, Lukas Emmenegger, Huilin Chen, Martina Schmidt, Sebastian Humbel, and Dominik Brunner https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6338049

Short summary

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. We performed an extensive controlled-release experiment to develop an optimal quantification method and to determine the related uncertainties under various environmental and sampling conditions. Our approach was successful in quantifying local methane sources from drone-based measurements.