Category: Methane

Airborne Methane Measurements to Continue Across California

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has renewed their partnership with Scientific Aviation, an airborne atmospheric research outfit with offices in Lincoln, CA and Boulder, CO, in an ongoing effort to improve and validate the statewide methane emissions inventory. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that boasts a global warming potential (GWP) 84 times that…
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Towards Reconciliation of Methane Emissions Estimates

Coordinated study takes important steps towards reconciling methane emissions estimates in an oil and gas basin   In 2015, Scientific Aviation participated in a “first-of-its-kind” field campaign that brought together scientists and oil and gas operators with the goal of understanding and reconciling persistent discrepancies between bottom-up and top-down methane emissions inventories from oil and…
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Why Methane Matters

Why Methane Matters Have you ever noticed what happens to your cup of hot chocolate when you walk away?  It cools down, right?  Similarly, everything in the universe does the same.  Think of anything you want: your car, dog, even that fluffy bunny.  If they have a temperature, they generously share that heat with the rest…
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