Vista-LA: Mapping methane-emitting infrastructure in  the Los Angeles megacity

Carranza, Valerie; Rafiq, Talha; Frausto-Vicencio, Isis; Hopkins, Francesca M.; Verhulst, Kristal R.; Rao, Preeti; Duren, Riley M.; Miller, Charles E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-653-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-653-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-653-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

28 Mar 2018

| 28 Mar 2018

Vista-LA: Mapping methane-emitting infrastructure in the Los Angeles megacity

Valerie Carranza, Talha Rafiq, Isis Frausto-Vicencio, Francesca M. Hopkins, Kristal R. Verhulst, Preeti Rao, Riley M. Duren, and Charles E. Miller

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RC1: 'Referee comment: Vista-LA', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Aug 2017
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer 1 Comments', Charles Miller, 25 Oct 2017
RC2: 'Review comments on "Vista-LA: Mapping methane emitting infrastructure in the Los 2 Angeles megacity"', Anonymous Referee #2, 27 Sep 2017
- AC2: 'Author Response to Reviewer 2 Comments', Charles Miller, 25 Oct 2017

Short summary

We present a GIS-based approach to mapping methane emissions in areas with dense, complex source mixtures. The Vista-LA database classifies >33 000 potential methane-emitting features concentrated on <1% of the land area in California's South Coast Air Basin. The database is used for planning and analysis of atmospheric measurements, including airborne remote sensing campaigns and on-road mobile surveys focused on methane "hot-spot" detection, and development of a regional emissions inventory.