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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-15749-2023
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Research article
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21 Dec 2023
Research article |
| 21 Dec 2023
| 21 Dec 2023
Source apportionment of methane emissions from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin using isotopic signatures
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Maximilian Eckl
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Julian Kostinek
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Michał Gałkowski
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Department of Biogeochemical Signals, Jena, Germany
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Christoph Gerbig
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Department of Biogeochemical Signals, Jena, Germany
Michael Rothe
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC), Department of Biogeochemical Signals, Jena, Germany
Thomas Röckmann
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Malika Menoud
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin, Paris, France
Hossein Maazallahi
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Martina Schmidt
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Piotr Korbeń
Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Jarosław Neçki
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Mila Stanisavljević
Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Justyna Swolkień
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Kraków, Kraków, Poland
Andreas Fix
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
Data sets
Flask sampling data obtained during the CoMet campaign in summer 2018 over Silesia on DLR Cessna A. Fiehn et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10046132
#9614 | FDLR_FLASKS_CoMet_2018.ames, Release 1 A. Fiehn et al. https://doi.org/10.17616/R39Q0T
Short summary
During the CoMet mission in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) ground-based and airborne air samples were taken and analyzed for the isotopic composition of CH4 to derive the mean signature of the USCB and source signatures of individual coal mines. Using δ2H signatures, the biogenic emissions from the USCB account for 15 %–50 % of total emissions, which is underestimated in common emission inventories. This demonstrates the importance of δ2H-CH4 observations for methane source apportionment.
During the CoMet mission in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) ground-based and airborne air...
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