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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3569-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-3569-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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31 Jul 2025
Research article |
| 31 Jul 2025
| 31 Jul 2025
Improving consistency in methane emission quantification from the natural gas distribution systems across measurement devices
Judith Tettenborn
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Daniel Zavala-Araiza
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Environmental Defense Fund, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Daan Stroeken
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hossein Maazallahi
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
now at: Department of Renewable Energies and Environment, College of Interdisciplinary Science and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Carina van der Veen
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Arjan Hensen
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Ilona Velzeboer
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Pim van den Bulk
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Utrecht, the Netherlands
Felix Vogel
Climate Chemistry Measurements and Research, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada
Lawson Gillespie
Climate Chemistry Measurements and Research, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sebastien Ars
Climate Chemistry Measurements and Research, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada
James France
Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of Climate, Ocean and Atmosphere, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Environmental Defense Fund, London, United Kingdom
David Lowry
Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of Climate, Ocean and Atmosphere, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Rebecca Fisher
Department of Earth Sciences, Centre of Climate, Ocean and Atmosphere, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, United Kingdom
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- A helicopter-based mass balance approach for quantifying methane emissions from industrial activities, applied for coal mine ventilation shafts in Poland E. Förster et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-7153-2025
- Enhancing urban methane emission quantification from natural gas using high-resolution walking surveys M. Hmoudah & C. Baciu https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2026.103132
- Fugitive natural gas emissions in York, United Kingdom: updating the parameters of existing algorithms to be based on instrumental limitations T. Moore et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4459-2026
- A human-portable mass flux method for methane emissions quantification: controlled release testing performance evaluation C. Vollrath et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-583-2026
- Application of UAV-based methods for quantifying methane point source emissions over an Arctic geological seep A. Bolek et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-3983-2026
- Evaluating urban methane emissions and their attributes in a megacity, Osaka, Japan, via mobile and eddy covariance measurements M. Ueyama et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12513-2025
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Short summary
Measurements of methane with vehicle-based sensors are an effective method to identify and quantify leaks from urban gas distribution systems. We deliberately released methane in different environments and calibrated the response of different methane analysers when they transected the plumes in a vehicle. We derived an improved statistical function for consistent emission estimations using different instruments. Repeated transects reduce the uncertainty in emission rate estimates.
Measurements of methane with vehicle-based sensors are an effective method to identify and...
