David R Lyon
Biographic Data
| ID | 9035855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David R Lyon |
| GIVEN NAMES | David R |
| FAMILY NAME | Lyon |
| SIGNATURE | LYON D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Environmental Defense Fund |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4400-1190 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
My Colleague from 'Akka, Elia Zureik
Abnormal tank emissions in the Permian Basin identified using ethane to methane ratios
There has been increasing interest in quantifying methane (CH4) emissions from a view toward mitigation. Accordingly, ground-based sampling of oil and gas production sites in the Permian Basin was carried out in January and October 2020. Molar ethane to methane ratios (EMRs) were quantified, which may be used to distinguish emissions from particular sources, such as produced gas and oil tank flashing. The geometric mean EMR for 100 observations w…
Assessing the bias and uncertainties in the aircraft mass balance technique for the determination of carbon dioxide emission rates
Urban areas are the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions but also leaders in emission reduction efforts. Appropriate techniques to quantify emissions and any potential reductions over time are necessary to effectively inform these mitigation efforts. The aircraft mass balance experiment (MBE) is an established technique used for such a purpose. In this work, we use a series of 55 MBEs downwind of power plants to assess the technique’s bias a…
Empirical quantification of methane emission intensity from oil and gas producers in the Permian basin
Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the oil and natural gas (O&G) supply chain have been demonstrated to be one of the largest anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission sources ripe for mitigation to limit near-term climate warming. In recent years, exploration and production (E&P) operators have made public commitments to reducing their greenhouse gas emission intensity, yet little empirical information has been made available in the public domain to all…
Coronavirus Surveillance and Palestinians
Public health initiatives directed towards the mitigation of COVID-19 vary tremendously from country to country, depending on socialhistorical and political-economic factors.In the case of Israel/Palestine, already existing health disparities are reproduced more starkly in COVID-19 conditions.However, Israel's colonial project in Palestine also appears in sharp relief, seen most clearly in the controversial involvement of the Israeli Security Aut…
A methane emissions reduction equivalence framework for alternative leak detection and repair programs
Fugitive methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are typically addressed through periodic leak detection and repair surveys. These surveys, conducted manually using handheld leak detection technologies, are time-consuming. To improve the speed and cost-effectiveness of leak detection, technology developers are introducing innovative solutions using mobile platforms, close-range portable systems, and permanent installations. Many of these ne…
Single-blind inter-comparison of methane detection technologies – results from the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge
Methane leakage regulations in the US and Canada have spurred the development of new technologies that promise faster and cheaper leak detection for the oil and natural gas industry. Here, we report results from the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge – the first independent assessment of 10 vehicle-, drone-, and plane-based mobile leak detection technologies. Using single-blind controlled release tests at two locations, we analyze the abili…
Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain
A leaky endeavor Considerable amounts of the greenhouse gas methane leak from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain. Alvarez et al. reassessed the magnitude of this leakage and found that in 2015, supply chain emissions were ∼60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate. They suggest that this discrepancy exists because current inventory methods miss emissions that occur during abnormal operating conditions. The…
Bentham’s Panopticon: From Moral Architecture to Electronic Surveillance
While Jeremy Bentham’s ambitious blueprints for penitentiary construction were never wholly embraced, many elements of his “Panopticon” concept have gradually been incorporated into prisons, schools, and workplaces. But it is the idea of moulding human behaviour through constant surveillance, as opposed to Bentham’s architectural innovation, that has left a mark on societal organization. David Lyon gauges the extent to which our modern world – of…
Possible malfunction in widely used methane sampler deserves attention but poses limited implications for supply chain emission estimates
Estimates of methane emissions from natural gas production sites in the United States based on recent studies have been questioned due to possible malfunction of the Bacharach Hi Flow® Sampler (BHFS), the primary measurement instrument used for two out of five source types examined in those studies (equipment leaks and chemical injection pumps). Without assessing whether the BHFS malfunction occurred in those studies, we constrain the possible un…
After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance
Current revelations about the secret US-NSA program, PRISM, have confirmed the large-scale mass surveillance of the telecommunication and electronic messages of governments, companies, and citizens, including the United States' closest allies in Europe and Latin America. The transnational ramifications of surveillance call for a re-evaluation of contemporary world politics' practices. The debate cannot be limited to the United States versus the r…
Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Consequences
Data collected from 731 teachers were used to examine the consequences of violence directed toward teachers while in the workplace. Analyses showed that the majority of respondents ( n = 585, 80.0%) had experienced school-related violence—broadly defined—at one point in their careers. Serious violence (actual, attempted, or threatened physical violence) was less common, but still common enough to be of concern ( n = 202, 27.6%). Violence predicte…
Surveillance in Urban Japan: A Critical Introduction
This paper provides a critical introduction to the development of surveillance in the Japanese city. Adapting the analytical scheme of understanding, intensifying, automating, integrating, globalising and resisting surveillance, it considers whether the historical and contemporary development of Japanese urban surveillance fits the narrative of Western surveillance studies. It shows that there are many interlinked and parallel evolutions, particu…
Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Automated Discrimination
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
Information Technology and Information Society: A Response to Fincham
From 'Post-Industrialism' to 'Information Society: A New Social Transformation
Sociology and the Human Image
After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance
Current revelations about the secret US-NSA program, PRISM, have confirmed the large-scale mass surveillance of the telecommunication and electronic messages of governments, companies, and citizens, including the United States' closest allies in Europe and Latin America. The transnational ramifications of surveillance call for a re-evaluation of contemporary world politics' practices. The debate cannot be limited to the United States versus the r…
Surveillance in Urban Japan: A Critical Introduction
This paper provides a critical introduction to the development of surveillance in the Japanese city. Adapting the analytical scheme of understanding, intensifying, automating, integrating, globalising and resisting surveillance, it considers whether the historical and contemporary development of Japanese urban surveillance fits the narrative of Western surveillance studies. It shows that there are many interlinked and parallel evolutions, particu…
From 'Post-Industrialism' to 'Information Society: A New Social Transformation
Sociology and the Human Image
Information Technology and Information Society: A Response to Fincham
Sociology and the Human Image
From 'Post-Industrialism' to 'Information Society: A New Social Transformation
Information Technology and Information Society: A Response to Fincham
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
The Information Society: Issues and Illusions
Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Automated Discrimination
Surveillance in Urban Japan: A Critical Introduction
This paper provides a critical introduction to the development of surveillance in the Japanese city. Adapting the analytical scheme of understanding, intensifying, automating, integrating, globalising and resisting surveillance, it considers whether the historical and contemporary development of Japanese urban surveillance fits the narrative of Western surveillance studies. It shows that there are many interlinked and parallel evolutions, particu…
Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Consequences
Data collected from 731 teachers were used to examine the consequences of violence directed toward teachers while in the workplace. Analyses showed that the majority of respondents ( n = 585, 80.0%) had experienced school-related violence—broadly defined—at one point in their careers. Serious violence (actual, attempted, or threatened physical violence) was less common, but still common enough to be of concern ( n = 202, 27.6%). Violence predicte…
After Snowden: Rethinking the Impact of Surveillance
Current revelations about the secret US-NSA program, PRISM, have confirmed the large-scale mass surveillance of the telecommunication and electronic messages of governments, companies, and citizens, including the United States' closest allies in Europe and Latin America. The transnational ramifications of surveillance call for a re-evaluation of contemporary world politics' practices. The debate cannot be limited to the United States versus the r…
Possible malfunction in widely used methane sampler deserves attention but poses limited implications for supply chain emission estimates
Estimates of methane emissions from natural gas production sites in the United States based on recent studies have been questioned due to possible malfunction of the Bacharach Hi Flow® Sampler (BHFS), the primary measurement instrument used for two out of five source types examined in those studies (equipment leaks and chemical injection pumps). Without assessing whether the BHFS malfunction occurred in those studies, we constrain the possible un…
Bentham’s Panopticon: From Moral Architecture to Electronic Surveillance
While Jeremy Bentham’s ambitious blueprints for penitentiary construction were never wholly embraced, many elements of his “Panopticon” concept have gradually been incorporated into prisons, schools, and workplaces. But it is the idea of moulding human behaviour through constant surveillance, as opposed to Bentham’s architectural innovation, that has left a mark on societal organization. David Lyon gauges the extent to which our modern world – of…
Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain
A leaky endeavor Considerable amounts of the greenhouse gas methane leak from the U.S. oil and natural gas supply chain. Alvarez et al. reassessed the magnitude of this leakage and found that in 2015, supply chain emissions were ∼60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate. They suggest that this discrepancy exists because current inventory methods miss emissions that occur during abnormal operating conditions. The…
A methane emissions reduction equivalence framework for alternative leak detection and repair programs
Fugitive methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are typically addressed through periodic leak detection and repair surveys. These surveys, conducted manually using handheld leak detection technologies, are time-consuming. To improve the speed and cost-effectiveness of leak detection, technology developers are introducing innovative solutions using mobile platforms, close-range portable systems, and permanent installations. Many of these ne…
Single-blind inter-comparison of methane detection technologies – results from the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge
Methane leakage regulations in the US and Canada have spurred the development of new technologies that promise faster and cheaper leak detection for the oil and natural gas industry. Here, we report results from the Stanford/EDF Mobile Monitoring Challenge – the first independent assessment of 10 vehicle-, drone-, and plane-based mobile leak detection technologies. Using single-blind controlled release tests at two locations, we analyze the abili…
Coronavirus Surveillance and Palestinians
Public health initiatives directed towards the mitigation of COVID-19 vary tremendously from country to country, depending on socialhistorical and political-economic factors.In the case of Israel/Palestine, already existing health disparities are reproduced more starkly in COVID-19 conditions.However, Israel's colonial project in Palestine also appears in sharp relief, seen most clearly in the controversial involvement of the Israeli Security Aut…
My Colleague from 'Akka, Elia Zureik
Abnormal tank emissions in the Permian Basin identified using ethane to methane ratios
There has been increasing interest in quantifying methane (CH4) emissions from a view toward mitigation. Accordingly, ground-based sampling of oil and gas production sites in the Permian Basin was carried out in January and October 2020. Molar ethane to methane ratios (EMRs) were quantified, which may be used to distinguish emissions from particular sources, such as produced gas and oil tank flashing. The geometric mean EMR for 100 observations w…
Assessing the bias and uncertainties in the aircraft mass balance technique for the determination of carbon dioxide emission rates
Urban areas are the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions but also leaders in emission reduction efforts. Appropriate techniques to quantify emissions and any potential reductions over time are necessary to effectively inform these mitigation efforts. The aircraft mass balance experiment (MBE) is an established technique used for such a purpose. In this work, we use a series of 55 MBEs downwind of power plants to assess the technique’s bias a…
Empirical quantification of methane emission intensity from oil and gas producers in the Permian basin
Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the oil and natural gas (O&G) supply chain have been demonstrated to be one of the largest anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission sources ripe for mitigation to limit near-term climate warming. In recent years, exploration and production (E&P) operators have made public commitments to reducing their greenhouse gas emission intensity, yet little empirical information has been made available in the public domain to all…
Sociology (8 works) · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Chemistry (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Greenhouse gas (4 works)