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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5655-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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24 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 24 Oct 2019
Potential of next-generation imaging spectrometers to detect and quantify methane point sources from space
Daniel H. Cusworth
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Varon
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
GHGSat, Inc., Montréal, QC H2W 1Y5, Canada
Christopher Chan Miller
Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
Xiong Liu
Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
Kelly Chance
Atomic and Molecular Physics Division, Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA
Andrew K. Thorpe
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Riley M. Duren
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Charles E. Miller
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
David R. Thompson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Christian Frankenberg
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Division of Geology and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Luis Guanter
Centro de Tecnologías Físicas, Universitat Politècnica
de València, Camí de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Cynthia A. Randles
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ, USA
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- Geomorphological patterns of remotely sensed methane hot spots in the Mackenzie Delta, Canada L. Baskaran et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac41fb
- Intermittency of Large Methane Emitters in the Permian Basin D. Cusworth et al. 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00173
- Mapping methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer L. Guanter et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112671
- Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions D. Cusworth et al. 10.1029/2020GL090864
- Detection and quantification of CH<sub>4</sub> plumes using the WFM-DOAS retrieval on AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data J. Borchardt et al. 10.5194/amt-14-1267-2021
- Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin I. Irakulis-Loitxate et al. 10.1126/sciadv.abf4507
- Remote sensing of methane plumes: instrument tradeoff analysis for detecting and quantifying local sources at global scale S. Jongaramrungruang et al. 10.5194/amt-14-7999-2021
- Methane emissions from underground gas storage in California A. Thorpe et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ab751d
- Joint Use of in-Scene Background Radiance Estimation and Optimal Estimation Methods for Quantifying Methane Emissions Using PRISMA Hyperspectral Satellite Data: Application to the Korpezhe Industrial Site N. Nesme et al. 10.3390/rs13244992
- Synthesis of Methane Observations Across Scales: Strategies for Deploying a Multitiered Observing Network D. Cusworth et al. 10.1029/2020GL087869
- Quantifying Time-Averaged Methane Emissions from Individual Coal Mine Vents with GHGSat-D Satellite Observations D. Varon et al. 10.1021/acs.est.0c01213
- Methane Mapping with Future Satellite Imaging Spectrometers A. Ayasse et al. 10.3390/rs11243054
- Using remote sensing to detect, validate, and quantify methane emissions from California solid waste operations D. Cusworth et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ab7b99
- Attribution of methane point source emissions using airborne imaging spectroscopy and the Vista-California methane infrastructure dataset T. Rafiq et al. 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9af8
- High-frequency monitoring of anomalous methane point sources with multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite observations D. Varon et al. 10.5194/amt-14-2771-2021
Latest update: 28 May 2023
Short summary
We examine the potential for global detection of methane plumes from individual point sources with the new generation of spaceborne imaging spectrometers scheduled for launch in 2019–2025. We perform methane retrievals on simulated scenes with varying surfaces and atmospheric methane concentrations. Our results suggest that imaging spectrometers in space could play a transformative role in the future for quantifying methane emissions from point sources on a global scale.
We examine the potential for global detection of methane plumes from individual point sources...
