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Research article
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Observational constraints on methane emissions from Polish coal mines using a ground-based remote sensing network
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
now at: Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
Julian Kostinek
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Ralph Kleinschek
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Sara Defratyka
Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement (LSCE-IPSL) CEA-CNRS-UVSQ Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Mila Stanisavljević
AGH – University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Andreas Forstmaier
Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
Alexandru Dandocsi
National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics (INOE2000), Măgurele, Romania
Leon Scheidweiler
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Darko Dubravica
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-ASF), Karlsruhe, Germany
Norman Wildmann
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Frank Hase
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-ASF), Karlsruhe, Germany
Matthias M. Frey
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan
Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
Florian Dietrich
Environmental Sensing and Modeling, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany
Jarosław Nȩcki
AGH – University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Justyna Swolkień
AGH – University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland
Christoph Knote
Model-Based Environmental Exposure Science, University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Sanam N. Vardag
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Anke Roiger
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
André Butz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Atmospheric remote sensing for anthropogenic methane emissions: Applications and research opportunities S. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164701
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Short summary
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.
Coal mining is an extensive source of anthropogenic methane emissions. In order to reduce and...
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