Probabilistic design of a near-surface CO 2 leak detection system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 6380-6387

  Yang, Ya Mei ^a,b   Small, Mitchell J ^a,b   Ogretim, Egemen O ^c,d   Gray, Donald D ^c,d   Bromhal, Grant S ^c   Strazisar, Brian R ^a   Wells, Arthur W ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE NETWORK; GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATIONS; HIGH PROBABILITY; LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS; LEAKAGE RATES; LEAKAGE SIGNALS; MONITORING NETWORK; NATURAL CO; NEAR-SURFACE; NETWORK DENSITY; NONMONOTONIC; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; RESPONSE SURFACE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL PROFILES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE FLUX; TOTAL FLUX; UNIFORM GRIDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORECASTING; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

LEAK DETECTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PROBABILITY; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE FLUX;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LEAK DETECTION SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; GEOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTANA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; SOIL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960932042     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es104379m     Document Type: Article

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