Articles | Volume 18, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4413-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-4413-2025
Research article
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11 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 11 Sep 2025

An evaluation of airborne mass balance and tracer correlation approaches to estimate site-level CH4 emissions from LNG facilities using CO2 as a tracer of opportunity

Mark F. Lunt, Stephen J. Harris, Jorg Hacker, Ian Joynes, Tim Robertson, Simon Thompson, and James L. France

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Airborne in-situ data from UNEP's IMEO study on Australian LNG facilities Jorg Hacker https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16300637

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Short summary
To ensure robust use of measurement-based approaches to estimate methane emissions from individual sites, it is important to validate the accuracy of the methods used in the field. By using co-emitted carbon dioxide, we evaluate the performance of one such quantification method at liquefied natural gas terminals. We further demonstrate the potential for a more efficient quantification approach via tracer correlation by considering the ratio of methane to carbon dioxide concentrations.
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