Trends in CH 4 Emission Sources in the Los Angeles Basin from 2010 to 2023 Using Airborne Measurements

作者：Nell B. Schafer, Jeff Peischl, Eric C. Apel, Barbara Barletta, D. R. Blake, P. Dass, Joshua P. DiGangi, Glenn S. Diskin, Colby Francoeur, Alan Fried, J. B. Gilman, K. R. Gurney, Colin Harkins, Rebecca S. Hornbrook, Xin Lan, Aaron Lamplugh, Meng Li, Simone Meinardi, J. B. Nowak, Gabrielle Pétron, Dirk Richter, Morgan Selby, Vanessa Selimovic, Victoria Treadaway, J. Walega, P. Weibring, Caroline C. Womack, Steven S. Brown · 发表于：Environmental Science & Technology · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1021/acs.est.5c09817 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics、Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols、Odor and Emission Control Technologies

High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide California legislation mandates a 40% reduction in CH 4 emissions from 2013 levels by 2030. Achieving this requires an accurate inventory of greenhouse gas sources, including urban CH 4 . This study determined summertime CH 4 and C 2 –C 5 alkane emissions from the Los Angeles (L.A.) Basin using airborne field campaign measurements from 2010, 2019, and 2023. Our analysis combined enhancement ratios of CH 4 and alkanes versus CO from in situ airborne measurements with the California Air Resources Board’s CO emissions inventory. By incorporating known alkane abundances from various sectors, we apportioned the emission sources. We found an annual decline in CH 4 emissions from the L.A. Basin at a rate of −7.2 ± 5.8 Gg/year, consistent with literature and ground-site measurements from the Mount Wilson Observatory. The primary CH 4 sources were natural gas (52–57% of total emissions) and CH 4 -dominant sources, like landfills and dairies (41–47%). We also observed an annual increase in ethane emissions of 0.13 ± 0.19 Gg/year, which correlates with increasing ethane abundance in pipeline natural gas and decreasing ethane prices. If this linearly decreasing CH 4 emission trend were to continue, the L.A. Basin would be on track to reach the state’s 2030 CH 4 emission reduction goals.