Methane emission measurements in urban areas in eastern Germany

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Date

1996

Authors

Shorter, J.H.
McManus, J.B.
Kolb, C.E.
Allwine, E.J.
Lamb, B.K.
Mosher, B.W.
Harriss, R.C.
Parchatka, U.
Fischer, H.
Harris, G.W.

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Springer Verlag

Abstract

We have investigated methane emissions from urban sources in the former East Germany using innovative measurement techniques including a mobile real-time methane instrument and tracer release experiments. Anthropogenic and biogenic sources were studied with the emphasis on methane emissions from gas system sources, including urban distribution facilities and a production plant. Methane fluxes from pressure regulating stations ranged from 0.006 to 24. l/min. Emissions from diffuse sources in urban areas were also measured with concentration maps and whole city flux experiments. The area fluxes of the two towns studied were 0.37 and 1.9 g/m2/s. The emissions from individual gas system stations and total town emissions of this study are comparable to results of similar sites examined in the United States.

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Keywords

tropospheric methane, CH4 emissions, natural gas, tracers

Citation

J. Atmospheric Chemistry, 24, 121-140