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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1229-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-1229-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Detection and long-term quantification of methane emissions from an active landfill
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Christopher Caldow
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, VIC, 3195, Australia
Grégoire Broquet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Adil Shah
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Olivier Laurent
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Camille Yver-Kwok
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Sebastien Ars
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto M3H 5T4, Ontario, Canada
Sara Defratyka
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
now at: The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH89YL, United Kingdom
now at: National Physical Laboratories, Teddington, TW110LW, United Kingdom
Susan Warao Gichuki
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Luc Lienhardt
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Mathis Lozano
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jean-Daniel Paris
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Felix Vogel
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto M3H 5T4, Ontario, Canada
Caroline Bouchet
SUEZ-Smart & Environmental Solutions, Tour CB21/16 place de l'Iris, 92040, La Défense, France
Elisa Allegrini
SUEZ-Smart & Environmental Solutions, Tour CB21/16 place de l'Iris, 92040, La Défense, France
Robert Kelly
SUEZ-Smart & Environmental Solutions, Tour CB21/16 place de l'Iris, 92040, La Défense, France
Catherine Juery
TotalEnergies Laboratoire Qualité de l'Air (LQA), 69360 Solaize CEDEX, France
Philippe Ciais
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL), CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Short summary
This study presents a series of mobile measurement campaigns to monitor the CH4 emissions from an active landfill. These measurements are processed using a Gaussian plume model and atmospheric inversion techniques to quantify the landfill CH4 emissions. The methane emission estimates range between ~0.4 and ~7 t CH4 per day, and their variations are analyzed. The robustness of the estimates is assessed depending on the distance of the measurements from the potential sources in the landfill.
This study presents a series of mobile measurement campaigns to monitor the CH4 emissions from...