Published April 30, 2021 | Version 1.0
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Estimating drivers and pathways for hydroelectric reservoir methane emissions using a new mechanistic model (estimated methane emissions for hydropower reservoir surfaces and potential dam emissions)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  • 2. School of the Environment, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
  • 3. SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
  • 4. School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
  • 5. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute for Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

Description

Methane emissions data from hydropower reservoir surfaces and dams, as estimated with the ResME model.  Emissions estimates available for hydropower reservoirs in the GRanD database (Lehner et al., 2011). 

 

References:

Lehner, B., Liermann, C. Reidy, Revenga, C., Vörösmarty, C., Fekete, B., Crouzet, P., Döll, P., Endejan, M., Frenken, K., Magome, J., Nilsson, C., Robertson, J.C., Rodel, R., Sindorf, N., and Wisser, D. (2011). High-resolution mapping of the world’s reservoirs and dams for sustainable river-flow management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9 (9): 494-502. https://doi.org/10.1890/100125.

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