Articles | Volume 21, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17345-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17345-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
01 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 01 Dec 2021
| 01 Dec 2021
Quantification of CH4 coal mining emissions in Upper Silesia by passive airborne remote sensing observations with the Methane Airborne MAPper (MAMAP) instrument during the CO2 and Methane (CoMet) campaign
Sven Krautwurst
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Konstantin Gerilowski
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Jakob Borchardt
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Norman Wildmann
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Michał Gałkowski
Department Biogeochemical Signals, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Justyna Swolkień
Faculty of Mining and Geoengineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
Julia Marshall
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Alina Fiehn
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Anke Roiger
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Thomas Ruhtz
Institute for Space Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Christoph Gerbig
Department Biogeochemical Signals, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Jaroslaw Necki
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
John P. Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Andreas Fix
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Heinrich Bovensmann
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Data sets
Emissions of CH4 and CO2 over the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) and its vicinity M. Gałkowski, A. Fiehn, J. Swolkien, M. Stanisavljevic, P. Korben, M. Menoud, J. Necki, A. Roiger, T. R\"{o}ckmann, C. Gerbig, and A. Fix https://doi.org/10.18160/3K6Z-4H73
Short summary
Quantification of anthropogenic CH4 emissions remains challenging, but it is essential for near-term climate mitigation strategies. We use airborne remote sensing observations to assess bottom-up estimates of coal mining emissions from one of Europe's largest CH4 emission hot spots located in Poland. The analysis reveals that emissions from small groups of shafts can be disentangled, but caution is advised when comparing observations to commonly reported annual emissions.
Quantification of anthropogenic CH4 emissions remains challenging, but it is essential for...
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