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    Dataset associated with "Temporal variability largely explains difference in top-down and bottom-up estimates of methane emissions from a natural gas production region"
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2018) Vaughn, Timothy L.; Bell, Clay S.; Pickering, Cody, K.; Schwietzke, Stefan; Heath, Garvin, A.; Petron, Gabrielle; Zimmerle, Daniel; Schnell, Russell, C.; Nummedal, Dag
    This study is the first to spatially and temporally align top-down and bottom-up methane emission estimates for a natural gas production basin, using multi-scale emission measurements and detailed activity data reporting. We show that episodic venting from manual liquid unloadings, which occur at a small fraction of natural gas well pads, drives a factor-of-two temporal variation in the basin-scale emission rate of a US dry shale gas play. The mid-afternoon peak emission rate aligns with the sampling time of all regional aircraft emission studies, which target well-mixed boundary layer conditions present in the afternoon. A mechanistic understanding of emission estimates derived from various methods is critical for unbiased emission verification and effective GHG emission mitigation. Our results demonstrate that direct comparison of emission estimates from methods covering widely different time scales can be misleading.
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    Mid-continent methane emissions study
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2016) Zimmerle, Daniel; Howell, Cynthia; Nummedal, Dag; Smits, Kathleen
    In this first-of-its-kind Mid-Continent Methane Emissions Study, researchers from across the region, universities, government agencies, and industries joined forces determined to reconcile discrepancies between measurement methods in methane loss rates from onshore oil and gas developments in multiple basins. Seeking to bring public and private sectors better understanding of this issue, the combined resources of these groups resulted in weeks of field study and conclusive data. This team discovered that in other studies, top-down measurements reported much higher methane leak rates than bottom-up methods. Equipped with that knowledge this team used paired measurements from the same natural gas sources to determine the inconsistencies in measurement methods. The result of a field campaign, which happened over a five week period from late September to early October, 2015 is described in the study overview.