Articles | Volume 22, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5859-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-5859-2022
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05 May 2022
Research article |  | 05 May 2022

Observational constraints on methane emissions from Polish coal mines using a ground-based remote sensing network

Andreas Luther, Julian Kostinek, Ralph Kleinschek, Sara Defratyka, Mila Stanisavljević, Andreas Forstmaier, Alexandru Dandocsi, Leon Scheidweiler, Darko Dubravica, Norman Wildmann, Frank Hase, Matthias M. Frey, Jia Chen, Florian Dietrich, Jarosław Nȩcki, Justyna Swolkień, Christoph Knote, Sanam N. Vardag, Anke Roiger, and André Butz

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EM27/SUN network data CoMet 2018 Poland Silesia Andreas Luther https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6512078

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Coal mining is an extensive source of anthropogenic methane emissions. In order to reduce and mitigate methane emissions, it is important to know how much and where the methane is emitted. We estimated coal mining methane emissions in Poland based on atmospheric methane measurements and particle dispersion modeling. In general, our emission estimates suggest higher emissions than expected by previous annual emission reports.
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