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Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2019 Feb 4;53(4):2220–2228. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05355

Table 4.

Annual summary statistics of VIIRS flare properties and derived gas volumes.

Year	Flares N	Temperature (K) Mean (s.d)	Radiant Heat Intensity (W/m²) Mean (s.d)	Source Area (m²) Mean (s.d)	Per Flare Volume (BCM) Mean (s.d)	Total Flare Volume (BCM) Sum

2012	7,773	1838 (153.4)	1.51 (1.95)	2.69 (4.26)	0.029 (0.022)	0.81
2013	9,156	1842 (157.7)	1.55 (1.70)	2.65 (3.81)	0.029 (0.020)	0.99
2014	11,816	1843 (154.0)	1.68 (1.53)	2.78 (2.90)	0.031 (0.017)	1.19
2015	10,169	1851 (151.4)	1.75 (1.72)	2.86 (3.16)	0.032 (0.020)	0.99
2016	5,030	1858 (152.5)	1.74 (1.92)	2.87 (4.15)	0.032 (0.022)	0.52