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

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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

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Status: closed

RC1:
'Comment on amt-2021-314', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Dec 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-314/amt-2021-314-RC1-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-RC1
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Randulph Morales, 01 Feb 2022
  
  We thank the reviewer for their comments. We revised the manuscript accordingly and addressed their concern in a separate file.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-AC1
RC2:
'Review of amt-2021-314', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Dec 2021

Comments attached in PDF.

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-RC2
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Randulph Morales, 01 Feb 2022
  
  We thank the reviewer for their comments. We revised the manuscript accordingly and addressed their concern in a separate file.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-AC2
RC3:
'Comment on amt-2021-314', Joseph Pitt, 20 Dec 2021

The comment was uploaded in the form of a supplement: https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2021-314/amt-2021-314-RC3-supplement.pdf

Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-RC3
- AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Randulph Morales, 01 Feb 2022
  
  We thank Joseph Pitt (RC3) for his comments. We revised the manuscript accordingly and addressed his concerns in a separate file.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2021-314-AC3

Peer review completion

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

AR by Randulph Morales on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2022) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (16 Feb 2022) by Albert Presto

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Feb 2022)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Feb 2022)

RR by Joseph Pitt (28 Feb 2022)

ED: Publish as is (06 Mar 2022) by Albert Presto

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.