Quantification of ebullitive and diffusive methane release to atmosphere from a water storage

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7166-7173

  Grinham, Alistair ^a   Dunbabin, Matthew ^b   Gale, Deborah ^c   Udy, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Seqwater   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ebullition; Freshwater; Methane; Storage; Sub tropical

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BUBBLE VOLUME; EBULLITION; EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; FRESHWATER; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANE FLUXES; METHANE GAS; QUEENSLAND; RELEASE RATE; SPATIAL TEMPORALS; SUB-TROPICAL; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME OF DAY; WATER STORAGE;

DAMS; ESTIMATION; EXTRAPOLATION; VAPORS;

METHANE;

FRESH WATER; METHANE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; DIFFUSION; METHANE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME; WATER STORAGE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL METHANE DETECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTIC BOAT; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 80755189932     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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