Mobile Sensors: Assessment of Fugitive Methane Emissions from Near and Far-Field Sources

Civil and Environmental Engineering) Mobile Sensors: Assessment of Fugitive Methane Emissions from Near and Far-Field Sources by Tierney Foster-Wittig Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Duke University Date: Approved: John D. Albertson, Supervisor

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