Wide area methane emissions mapping with airborne IPDA lidar

Jarett Bartholomew; Philip Lyman; Carl Weimer; William Tandy

doi:10.1117/12.2276713

30 August 2017 Wide area methane emissions mapping with airborne IPDA lidar

Jarett Bartholomew, Philip Lyman, Carl Weimer, William Tandy

Proceedings Volume 10406, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring 2017; 1040607 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276713
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2017, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Methane emissions from natural gas production, storage, and transportation are potential sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Methane leaks also constitute revenue loss potential from operations. Since 2013, Ball Aerospace has been developing advanced airborne sensors using integrated path differential absorption (IPDA) LIDAR instrumentation to identify methane, propane, and longer-chain alkanes in the lowest region of the atmosphere. Additional funding has come from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA) to upgrade instrumentation to a broader swath coverage of up to 400 meters while maintaining high spatial sampling resolution and geolocation accuracy. Wide area coverage allows efficient mapping of emissions from gathering and distribution networks, processing facilities, landfills, natural seeps, and other distributed methane sources. This paper summarizes the benefits of advanced instrumentation for aerial methane emission mapping, describes the operating characteristics and design of this upgraded IPDA instrumentation, and reviews technical challenges encountered during development and deployment.

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Jarett Bartholomew, Philip Lyman, Carl Weimer, and William Tandy "Wide area methane emissions mapping with airborne IPDA lidar", Proc. SPIE 10406, Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring 2017, 1040607 (30 August 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276713

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