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Methane emission from municipal solid waste landfills

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Methane fluxes from municipal solid waste landfills in Surgut and Khanty-Mansiysk are assessed in August 2015 by the inverse modeling method. It is revealed that the methane flux values vary from 0.3 to 5.8 g CH4/(m2 hour). The highest value of the methane flux is typical of a landfill that is currently used for the waste disposal and is not covered with the soil layer, whereas the lowest value was obtained for a closed small-capacity landfill covered with soil and vegetation.

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  1. Tomsk State University, pr. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    I. E. Terent’eva & M. V. Glagolev

  2. Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sovetskaya 21, Uspenskoe, Moscow oblast, 143030, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov & M. V. Glagolev

  3. Yugra State University, ul. Chekhova 16, Khanty-Mansiysk, Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous okrug-Yugra, 628012, Russia

    A. F. Sabrekov, M. V. Glagolev & O. R. Kotsyurbenko

  4. Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    M. V. Glagolev & O. R. Kotsyurbenko

  5. Vinogradskii Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7 k. 2, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    O. R. Kotsyurbenko

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Original Russian Text © I.E. Terent’eva, A.F. Sabrekov, M.V. Glagolev, O.R. Kotsyurbenko, 2017, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2017, No. 5, pp. 80-90.

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Terent’eva, I.E., Sabrekov, A.F., Glagolev, M.V. et al. Methane emission from municipal solid waste landfills. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 42, 327–334 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373917050089

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