Methane concentrations and source strengths in urban locations

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Dec 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984georl..11.1211b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 11, Dec. 1984, p. 1211-1214.

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Air Pollution, Atmospheric Composition, Cities, Methane, Air Sampling, Chlorofluoromethane

Scientific paper

The results of a six year measurement of trace gases in 18 different urban and remote areas throughout the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are reported. It is found that the measurements are consistent with a yearly atmospheric release of 30 to 60 megatons of CH4 in urban environments. Concentrations of CCl3F, CCl2F2, and CH3CCl3 were also found to be higher in the same urban samples than in corresponding samples from remote areas. The 'urban excess' (urban concentration minus remote concentration) was generally 1000 to 2000 times larger on a molar basis for CH4 than for CCl3F. The fraction of world-wide methane release occurring in the urban environment is estimated from the concentration ratios for CH4 vs CCl3F. It is shown that about 8 to 15 percent of atmospheric methane release occurs in urban areas.

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