加利福尼亚的甲超级发射器
Riley M Duren1,2, Andrew K Thorpe3, Kelsey T Foster3
1Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. Riley.M.Duren@jpl.nasa.gov.
Nature
|November 8, 2019
概括
加利福尼亚
科学领域:
- 环境科学
- 大气化学
- 遥感技术
背景情况:
- 甲是一种强有力的温室气体,
- 点源甲发射器是显著的,但特征不佳.
- 准确的甲排放数据对于有效的减排策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在加利福尼亚的基础设施中量化甲点源排放.
- 通过空中遥感识别和定位主要的甲排放源.
- 评估点源对国家总甲库存的贡献.
主要方法:
- 从2016年至2018年进行了五次空中成像谱仪调查.
- 在石油和天然气,肥料和废物部门绘制了超过272,000个基础设施元素.
- 从564个强点来源检测,地理位置和量化甲.
主要成果:
- 估计净甲点源排放量为0.618 Tg/年,占加利福尼亚2016年库存的34-46%.
- 确定10%的点源贡献了60%的点源总排放量.
- 发现垃圾填埋场,乳制品和石油/天然气行业是主要的排放者,垃圾填埋场是最大的排放者.
结论:
- 空中遥感为甲排放评估提供高分辨率数据.
- 一小部分基础设施造成了不成比例的甲排放.
- 数据共享有助于缓解加利福尼亚的异常甲排放.
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