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Research article
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22 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 22 Dec 2021
| 22 Dec 2021
Remote sensing of methane plumes: instrument tradeoff analysis for detecting and quantifying local sources at global scale
Siraput Jongaramrungruang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Georgios Matheou
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
Andrew K. Thorpe
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Zhao-Cheng Zeng
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Christian Frankenberg
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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Short summary
This study shows how precision error and bias in column methane retrieval change with different instrument specifications and the impact of spectrally complex surface albedos on retrievals. We show how surface interferences can be mitigated with an optimal spectral resolution and a higher polynomial degree in a retrieval process. The findings can inform future satellite instrument designs to have robust observations capable of separating real CH4 plume enhancements from surface interferences.
This study shows how precision error and bias in column methane retrieval change with different...
