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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/egusphere-2026-1744</article-id>
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<article-title>From research to reality: Academic methane measurement systems tested at the TADI controlled release facility</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>McManemin</surname>
<given-names>Audrey</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1487-0192</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Juéry</surname>
<given-names>Catherine</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Blandin</surname>
<given-names>Vincent</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">
<sup>3</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Baker</surname>
<given-names>Matthew</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff14">
<sup>14</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Bauguitte</surname>
<given-names>Stéphane</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0385-3952</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Brunner</surname>
<given-names>Dominik</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4007-6902</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Burdeau</surname>
<given-names>Philippine</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3443-7924</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>France</surname>
<given-names>James Lawrence</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8785-1240</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">
<sup>6</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Fredenslund</surname>
<given-names>Anders M.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hueni</surname>
<given-names>Andreas</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Kuhlmann</surname>
<given-names>Gerrit</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7021-4712</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Łakomiec</surname>
<given-names>Patryk</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">
<sup>4</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Meier</surname>
<given-names>Sando</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7374-5927</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">
<sup>5</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Paglini</surname>
<given-names>Roberto</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff10">
<sup>10</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Papaconstantinou</surname>
<given-names>Roubina</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-4032</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Paris</surname>
<given-names>Jean-Daniel</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-4916</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
</xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff12">
<sup>12</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Quehe</surname>
<given-names>Pierre-Yves</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3787-7526</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff11">
<sup>11</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Röckmann</surname>
<given-names>Thomas</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff9">
<sup>9</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Scheutz</surname>
<given-names>Charlotte</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">
<sup>7</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Schmidt</surname>
<given-names>Martina</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4648-769X</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff13">
<sup>13</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Vögtli</surname>
<given-names>Marius</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2674-2788</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8">
<sup>8</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wietzel</surname>
<given-names>Julia B.</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2778-3749</ext-link>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff13">
<sup>13</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Brandt</surname>
<given-names>Adam R.</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group><aff id="aff1">
<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Energy Science &amp; Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff2">
<label>2</label>
<addr-line>Air Quality Laboratory, TotalEnergies, 69360 Solaize, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff3">
<label>3</label>
<addr-line>TotalEnergies Anomaly Detection Initiatives, TotalEnergies, 64170 Lacq, France</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff4">
<label>4</label>
<addr-line>FAAM Airborne Laboratory, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, Building 146, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff5">
<label>5</label>
<addr-line>Empa, Laboratory for Air Pollution / Environmental Technology, Ueberlandstrasse 129, 8600 Duebendorf, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff6">
<label>6</label>
<addr-line>Earth Sciences Department, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff7">
<label>7</label>
<addr-line>Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff8">
<label>8</label>
<addr-line>Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff9">
<label>9</label>
<addr-line>Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff10">
<label>10</label>
<addr-line>Department of Energy (DENERG), Polytechnic of Turin, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Turin, Italy</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff11">
<label>11</label>
<addr-line>Climate and Atmosphere Research Centre (CARE-C), The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff12">
<label>12</label>
<addr-line>Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environment, CNRS – Ile-de-France Regional Delegation Gif-sur-Yvette, Avenue de la Terrasse</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff13">
<label>13</label>
<addr-line>Institute of Environmental Physics, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany</addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="aff14">
<label>14</label>
<addr-line>now at: School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK</addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>14</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>32</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Audrey McManemin et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<abstract>
<p>Accurate methane emission quantification is critical for climate mitigation efforts in the oil and gas industry. This study evaluates the performance of five academic methane measurement systems through single-blind controlled release testing at the TotalEnergies Anomaly Detection Initiatives (TADI) facility in France during June and September 2024. Vehicle-based teams from Technical University of Denmark, Heidelberg University, and a collaborative team from Utrecht University/LSCE/Cyprus Institute/Royal Holloway deployed mobile &lt;em&gt;in situ&lt;/em&gt; measurement systems, while aircraft-based solutions from Empa/UZH and FAAM BAe-146 utilized hyperspectral imaging and airborne &lt;em&gt;in situ&lt;/em&gt; measurements, respectively. Vehicle-based systems demonstrated strong detection capabilities with true positive rates of 93&amp;ndash;100 % and minimum detection thresholds below 1 kg CH₄ h⁻&amp;sup1;. Quantification accuracy varied significantly, with slopes ranging from 0.38 to 1.04 when comparing estimated versus true emission rates. Aircraft systems showed more variable performance due to operational constraints and limited data availability. Post-unblinding analysis revealed critical insights into systematic errors, including background concentration calculation issues and wind measurement limitations. Low wind conditions (&amp;lt;2 m s⁻&amp;sup1;) particularly challenged quantification accuracy across all platforms. These findings highlight the importance of robust validation procedures and high-quality meteorological data for reliable methane emission quantification in real-world applications.</p>
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