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2018 methane emission quantification controlled release test at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve with sUAS Hollenbeck, Derek; Billwiller, Brad; Winiberg, Fred; Whiticar, Michael; Chen, YangQuan; Christensen, Lance

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Environmental sensing using small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) has become more and more desirable due to the spatial temporal resolution and frequency of sampling. A methane controlled release campaign was conducted at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve for the purpose of testing the quantification performance of a sUAS-based methane measurement system using an open path laser spectrometer (OPLS). A single emission source was simulated, and mutiple flights were conducted downwind of the source to measure the emission using a mass-balance method. The wind, sUAS-trajectory, and concentration was measured for each flight. 



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2018 methane emission quantification controlled release test at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve with sUAS
Creator
Hollenbeck, Derek; Billwiller, Brad; Winiberg, Fred; Whiticar, Michael; Chen, YangQuan; Christensen, Lance
Date Issued
2025-10-16
Description
Abstract

Environmental sensing using small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) has become more and more desirable due to the spatial temporal resolution and frequency of sampling. A methane controlled release campaign was conducted at the Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve for the purpose of testing the quantification performance of a sUAS-based methane measurement system using an open path laser spectrometer (OPLS). A single emission source was simulated, and mutiple flights were conducted downwind of the source to measure the emission using a mass-balance method. The wind, sUAS-trajectory, and concentration was measured for each flight. 
Subject
Other; Remote sensing; Infrared spectroscopy; drones; Methane
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Dryad version number: 3

Version status: submitted

Dryad curation status: Published

Sharing link: http://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.612jm64g9</p>

Storage size: 5484150

Visibility: public
Date Available
2025-10-11
Provider
University of British Columbia Library
License
CC0 1.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0450459
URI
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/HF2JOP
Publisher DOI
https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/HF2JOP; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.612jm64g9
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http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0
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