Identification and quantification of CH4 emissions from Madrid landfills using airborne imaging spectrometry and greenhouse gas lidar

Krautwurst, Sven and Fruck, Christian and Wolff, Sebastian and Borchardt, Jakob and Huhs, Oke and Gerilowski, Konstantin and Gałkowski, Michał and Kiemle, Christoph and Quatrevalet, Mathieu and Wirth, Martin and Mallaun, Christian and Burrows, John P. and Gerbig, Christoph and Fix, Andreas and Bösch, Hartmut and Bovensmann, Heinrich (2025) Identification and quantification of CH4 emissions from Madrid landfills using airborne imaging spectrometry and greenhouse gas lidar. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP), 25 (21), pp. 14669-14702. Copernicus Publications. doi: 10.5194/acp-25-14669-2025. ISSN 1680-7316.

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Abstract

Anomalously high CH4 emissions from landfills in Madrid, Spain, have been observed by satellite measurements in recent years. Our investigations of these waste facilities, using passive and active airborne remote sensing measurements, confirm these high emission rates with values of up to 13 t/h during the overflight and show excellent agreement between the two techniques. A large fraction of the emissions is attributed to active landfill sites.

Item URL in elib:

https://elib.dlr.de/218417/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

Identification and quantification of CH4 emissions from Madrid landfills using airborne imaging spectrometry and greenhouse gas lidar

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Krautwurst, Sven	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1671-7295	UNSPECIFIED
Fruck, Christian	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5880-7518	196084662
Wolff, Sebastian	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6745-1947	UNSPECIFIED
Borchardt, Jakob	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-0823	UNSPECIFIED
Huhs, Oke	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9496-8572	UNSPECIFIED
Gerilowski, Konstantin	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Gałkowski, Michał	MPI-BGC, Jena, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1681-3965	UNSPECIFIED
Kiemle, Christoph	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-2813	UNSPECIFIED
Quatrevalet, Mathieu	DLR, IPA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Wirth, Martin	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5951-2252	UNSPECIFIED
Mallaun, Christian	DLR, FX	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Burrows, John P.	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1547-8130	UNSPECIFIED
Gerbig, Christoph	MPI-BGC, Jena, Germany	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1112-8603	UNSPECIFIED
Fix, Andreas	DLR, IPA	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2818-9290	196084663
Bösch, Hartmut	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-9879	UNSPECIFIED
Bovensmann, Heinrich	IUP, Univ. of Bremen	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

5 November 2025

Journal or Publication Title:

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (ACP)

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Yes

Gold Open Access:

Yes

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.5194/acp-25-14669-2025

Page Range:

pp. 14669-14702

Editors:

Editors	Email	Editor's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Landulfo, Eduardo	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Publisher:

Copernicus Publications

ISSN:

1680-7316

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Methane emissions, Landfills, Airborne remote sensing, Mass balance flux quantification

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Earth Observation

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EO - Earth Observation

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project MABAK

Location:

Oberpfaffenhofen

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar
Flight Experiments > Oberpfaffenhofen

Deposited By:

Wolff, Sebastian

Deposited On:

05 Nov 2025 11:03

Last Modified:

05 Nov 2025 11:03

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