Fugitive methane emissions from landfills: Field comparison of five methods on a French landfill

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 777-784

  Babilotte, Antoine ^a   Lagier, Thomas ^a   Fiani, Emmanuel ^b   Taramini, Vincent ^c  

^a Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

^b Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie ADEME   (France)

^c Veolia Propreté ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Comparison; Emission; Emissions; France; Fugitive; Landfill; Landfills; Methane

Indexed keywords

CELL LEVELS; COMPARISON; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION; EMISSION; EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY; FIELD SCALE; GAUSSIAN DISPERSIONS; HIGH CONFIDENCE; INVERSE MODELING; LANDFILL SITE; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEASUREMENT METHODS; METHANE EMISSIONS; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; RADIAL PLUME MAPPINGS; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHIC COMPLEXITY; TRACER GAS; USER ORIENTED;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ABSORPTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; METHANE; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIELD SURVEY; GAUSSIAN METHOD; LANDFILL LINER; LIDAR; METHANE; REMOTE SENSING; TRACER;

FRANCE;

EID: 77955316450     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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