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Measuring Stationary Emissions
The NIST Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program develops measurement technologies and standards for continuous emission monitoring from stationary emissions sources including fossil fuel-fired generating stations and industrial power plants. The objective of these efforts is to increase the accuracy of emissions measurements and ensure that they are calibrated to reliable measurement standards.
| Metrology for Coal-Burning Power Plant Emissions Monitoring – (Physical Measurement Lab) The goal of this project is to create an accurate, SI-traceable measurement system for monitoring the carbon dioxide emitted from the stacks of coal-fired power plants. |
| Standards Test Beds for Greenhouse Gas Emissions – (Engineering Lab and PML) The goal of this project is to create a well-characterized and highly accurate reference measurement system at near industrial scale to serve as a test bed for carbon dioxide emissions measurements. |
| Adaptive Smoothing Methods for Greenhouse Gas Analysis – (ITL) Goal: to provide interpolated values and estimates of uncertainty for various greenhouse gas emissions measurements from large urban centers and geographical regions. |
| Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Transport – (EL) Goal: to develop and demonstrate a measurement capability and methodology to accurately locate greenhouse gas sources and measure their flux to the atmosphere at urban and regional scales. |