A determination by a method or device that methane levels are above ambient background concentration and that a source may be present. Typically requires an analysis of one or a series of measured anomalies. Detections are often defined in terms of magnitude and/or duration of elevated mixing ratio. For example, a detection event could be defined as an anomaly that reaches an estimated mixing ratio of 3 standard deviations above a 24-hour baseline.
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