Field Measurement Related Publications
Understanding and quantifying methane emissions is challenging because this colorless, odorless gas enters the atmosphere from ubiquitous natural sources and very widespread industrial releases—so-called fugitive methane.
Bel Hadj Ali, N., Abichou, T., & Green, R. (2020). Comparing Estimates of Fugitive Landfill Methane Emissions using Inverse Plume Modeling obtained with Surface Emission Monitoring (SEM), Drone Emission Monitoring (DEM), and Downwind Plume Emission Monitoring (DWPEM). Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 20. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2020.1728423
Kormi, T., Mhadhebi, S., Bel Haj Ali, N, Abichou, T., & Green, R. (2018). Estimation of fugitive landfill methane emissions using surface emission monitoring and Genetic Algorithms optimization. Waste Management, 72, 313–328. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956053X16306833 doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.024
Kormi, T., Bel Haj Ali, N., Abichou, T., & Green, R. (2017). Estimation of landfill methane emissions using stochastic search methods. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 8(4), 597-605. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1309104216303932 doi:10.1016/j.apr.2016.12.02
Goldsmith, C., Chanton, J., Abichou, T., Swan, N., Green, R., & Hater, G. (2012). Methane emissions from 20 landfills across the United States using vertical radial plume mapping. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 183-197. doi:10.1080/10473289.2011.639480
Abichou, T., Clark, J., & Chanton, J. (2011). Reporting central tendencies of chamber measured surface emission and oxidation. Waste Management, 31(5), 1002-1008. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2010.09.014
Abichou, T., Clark, J., Tan, S., Chanton, J., Hater, G., Green, R., Goldsmith, D., Barlaz, M. A., & Swan, N. (2010). Uncertainties Associated with the Use of Optical Remote Sensing Technique to Estimate Surface Emissions in Landfill Applications. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 60(4), 460-470. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3155/1047-3289.60.4.460
Abichou, T., Powelson, D., Chanton, J., Escoriaza, S., & Stern, J. (2006). Characterization of methane flux and oxidation at a solid waste landfill. Journal of Environmental Engineering-Asce, 132(2), 220-228. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2006)132:2(220)
Abichou, T., Chanton, J., Powelson, D., Fleiger, J., Escoriaza, S., Lei, Y., & Stern, J. (2006). Methane flux and oxidation at two types of intermediate landfill covers. Waste Management, 26(11), 1305-1312. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2005.11.016
Abichou, T., Clark, J., & Chaton, J. (2012). A new approach to characterize emission contributions from area sources during optical remote sensing technique testing. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 1403-1410. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10962247.2012.716384 doi:DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.716384
Kvenvolden, K. A. (1999), Potential effects of gas hydrate on human welfare, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 96(7), 3420-3426.
Kvenvolden, K. A., and B. W. Rogers (2005), Gaia's breath - global methane exhalations, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 22(4), 579-590, doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.08.004.