Objective
The aim of the project is to use atmospheric measurements to constrain the methane emissions over the Russian land surface and to gather and publish available statistical data to the scientific community. Russian methane emissions are very poorly quantified but probably constitute 10-15% of total global emissions. In any strategy to control the global atmospheric greenhouse, quantifying and reducing Russian emissions of methane will be of very high priority.
This project will set up a collaborative programme of air sample collection in Russia and analysis both in Russia and in Germany and the UK. Air sampling will be near St. Petersburg at an observatory site maintained by the Main Geophysical Observatory and at one or more remote sites in northern Russia. Concentration analysis will be inter-calibrated with US-NOAA standards and will be carried out at the St. Petersburg location and on flask samples from remote stations. Isotopic analysis on semi-continuous and spot samples will be carried out in Heidelberg and London. Statistical data will be collected in St. Petersburg on known Russian industry and other emissions. The results will be modelled and collated to constrain the Russian emissions budget and its seasonality and isotopic character.
The sampling results will be made available in a database containing measurements of the concentration of methane in the air at the sampling stations, in a form compatible with data from other global monitoring stations.
An assessment of the quality of the database on Russian methane emissions will be realised. These results will be used in conjunction with global modelling programmes in an attempt to quantify the Russian methane budget.
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TW20 0EX Egham
United Kingdom
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