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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-1005-2024
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Research article
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24 Jan 2024
Research article |
| 24 Jan 2024
| 24 Jan 2024
Aircraft-based mass balance estimate of methane emissions from offshore gas facilities in the southern North Sea
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
Alina Fiehn
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Alan M. Gorchov Negron
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Eric A. Kort
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Stefan Schwietzke
Environmental Defense Fund, Berlin, Germany
Ignacio Pisso
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
Amy Foulds
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
James Lee
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, York, YO10 5DQ, UK
James L. France
Environmental Defense Fund, Berlin, Germany
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK
Anna E. Jones
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Dave Lowry
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK
Rebecca E. Fisher
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, UK
Langwen Huang
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Jacob Shaw
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
now at: National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK
Prudence Bateson
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Stephen Andrews
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, York, YO10 5DQ, UK
Stuart Young
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of York, York, YO10 5DQ, UK
Pamela Dominutti
Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5001, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble, 38000, France
Tom Lachlan-Cope
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Alexandra Weiss
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK
Grant Allen
Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Short summary
In April–May 2019 we carried out an airborne field campaign in the southern North Sea with the aim of studying methane emissions of offshore gas installations. We determined methane emissions from elevated methane measured downstream of the sampled installations. We compare our measured methane emissions with estimated methane emissions from national and global annual inventories. As a result, we find inconsistencies of inventories and large discrepancies between measurements and inventories.
In April–May 2019 we carried out an airborne field campaign in the southern North Sea with the...
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