Coal Mine Methane Emission Estimates from Aircraft Remote Sensing

Aircraft remote-sensing surveys show emission estimates for individual U.S. coal mines agree within 40% with direct national reporting measurements. The dataset likely contains basin-scale inventories and emission factor comparisons for ventilation shafts and gob wells. Author Elise Penn published the data on figshare in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Validate IPCC Tier 3 emission estimates based on direct measurement comparisons.
• Calibrate basin-specific emission factors for ventilation shafts based on remote-sensing data.
• Assess the accuracy of IPCC Tier 1 and MC2M methods based on their reported overestimation.
• Estimate national-scale coal mine emissions based on basin-specific factors derived from remote sensing.

Strengths

• Includes comparisons showing remote-sensing estimates agree within 40% with direct measurements.
• Evaluates multiple emission estimation methods (IPCC Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3, MC2M).
• File size is 42.9 KB, indicating a concise and focused dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its U.S. focus.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely derived from aircraft remote-sensing surveys and direct emission measurements.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 08:30:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United States