在山间西部地区的燃烧量:卫星和运营商报告数据的地理空间分析与可行的缓解策略
Joseph Heimerl1, Mohamed L Malki1, Mohamed Mehana1
1Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, United States.
Environmental research
|July 28, 2023
概括
在山间西部地区的燃烧是一个主要问题,特别是在新墨西哥州. 卫星数据显示,燃烧气体量大大低估,强调需要更好的报告和减少废物战略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 能源政策 能源政策
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 燃烧相关的天然气是一个全球性的环境和经济问题.
- 这种做法释放温室气体和挥发性化学物质,影响社区,浪费宝贵的资源.
研究的目的:
- 评估Intermountain West (I-West) 地区井口燃烧的流行情况.
- 为了比较卫星衍生的燃烧数据与运营商自我报告的数量.
- 识别差异并为减少废物战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 对"夜火"项目卫星数据的分析.
- 对火焰数据与井口位置进行地理空间分析.
- 卫星估计的产量与运营商自我报告的数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 新墨西哥州是美国西部最大的燃烧州,主要来自珀米亚盆地.
- 卫星数据估计燃烧的数量比运营商的自我报告高165%.
- 经营者报告的数量显著低估.
结论:
- 这些差异表明,新墨西哥州的燃烧气体数量可能没有得到充分报告.
- 将卫星数据与个别井和运营商联系起来,可以澄清低估来源.
- 经济解决方案,如燃烧气体利用,可以减少燃烧的数量,并支持废物减少法律.
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