Reliable Answers to Methane Monitoring Questions

LI-COR methane monitoring solutions help researchers and organizations around the world identify and understand methane emission sources and monitor mitigation efforts.

The LI-7700 Open Path CH₄ Analyzer and LI-7810 CH₄/CO₂/H₂O Trace Gas Analyzer provide the reliability, performance, and flexibility needed for a wide variety of applications in methane monitoring, including atmospheric, ground level, and mobile emission monitoring.

The research below illustrates some of the unique ways scientists have used LI-COR instruments in this important field of study.

LI-7700 Open Path CH₄ Analyzer

LI-7810 CH₄/CO₂/H₂0 Trace Gas Analyzer

Mobile Emission Monitoring

Monitoring methane gas with a mobile device

Monitoring Methane Emissions with a Mobile Testing Facility

See how the United Kingdom’s National Physical Laboratory and Royal Holloway, University of London assessed a mobile method for quantifying methane emissions.

Portable Methane Leak Observatory (PoMELO)

Discover how the University of Calgary joined technologies for vehicle-based detection, location, quantification, and reduction of methane emissions.

Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Oktoberfest

Learn how Professor Chen and her team at the Technical University of Munich investigated the relationship between Oktoberfest and methane emissions.

Urban Emission Monitoring

Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Source Partitioning in Urban Areas: The Case Study of Florence, Italy

See how researchers used the eddy covariance technique to monitor the emission of greenhouse gases around the city center of Florence, Italy.

The Breathe London Project and LI-COR Technology

A project to map greenhouse gas emissions using Google Street View cars around London.

Long-Term Emission Monitoring

FLUXNET-CH₄ Synthesis Activity: Objectives, Observations, and Future Directions

The growth of FLUXNET and new, reliable methane sensors now afford the opportunity for a coordinated, global flux observation database.

Methane Synthesis Activity from Wetlands, Rice Paddies and Households — Zutao Ouyang

Zutao Ouyang and his team are coordinating data from global sites and running up-scaling projects to better understand methane emissions sources.

Overview—Year of Methane

A collaborative effort driven by AmeriFlux to understand methane fluxes by encouraging methane measurements and data contribution.

Landfill Emission Monitoring

Using Eddy Covariance to Quantify Methane Emissions from a Dynamic Heterogeneous Area

Researchers measured municipal landfill methane emissions over a year to compare different measurement methods.

Analysis of barometric pressure and methane emission image

Impact of Changes in Barometric Pressure on Landfill Methane Emission

A study of landfill methane emissions found a relationship found between barometric pressure changes and the rate of emissions.

Commercial Emission Monitoring

Impact of Forest Plantation on Methane Emissions from Tropical Peatland

A two-year study of natural and plantation forests in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia found tropical peatlands to be a significant source of atmospheric methane.

Herd-Scale Enteric Methane Emission from Cattle Measured using Eddy Covariance and the CH₄:CO₂ Ratio Method

Researchers tested the CH₄:CO₂ ratio method using eddy covariance fluxes to assess the feasibility of the method and calculate methane emissions.

High Precision Methane Measurements, Anywhere