Continuous regional trace gas source attribution using a field-deployed dual frequency comb spectrometer
Posted on 2018-03-22 - 13:36
Identification and quantification of trace gas sources is a major challenge for understanding and regulating air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. Current approaches either provide continuous but localized monitoring, or quasi-instantaneous “snapshot-in-time” regional monitoring. There is a need for emissions detection that provides both continuous and regional coverage, because sources and sinks can be episodic and spatially variable. We field deploy a dual frequency comb laser spectrometer for the first time, enabling an observing system that provides continuous detection of trace gas sources over multiple-square-kilometer regions. Field tests simulating methane emissions from oil and gas production demonstrate detection and quantification of a 1.6 g min^-1 source (approximate emissions from a small pneumatic valve) from a distance of 1 km, and the ability to discern two leaks among a field of many potential sources. The technology achieves the goal of detecting, quantifying, and attributing emissions sources continuously through time, over large areas, and at emissions rates ~1000x lower than current regional approaches. It therefore provides a useful tool for monitoring and mitigating undesirable sources and closes a major information gap in the atmospheric sciences.
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Coburn, Sean; Alden, Caroline; Wright, Robert; Cossel, Kevin; Baumann, Esther; Truong, Gar-Wing; et al. (2018). Continuous regional trace gas source attribution using a field-deployed dual frequency comb spectrometer. Optica Publishing Group. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4013398.v1
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AUTHORS (10)
SC
Sean Coburn
CA
Caroline Alden
RW
Robert Wright
KC
Kevin Cossel
EB
Esther Baumann
GT
Gar-Wing Truong
FG
Fabrizio Giorgetta
CS
Colm Sweeney
NN
Nathan Newbury
KP
Kuldeep Prasad