Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2627-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2627-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
30 May 2023
Research article |
| 30 May 2023
| 30 May 2023
Using a deep neural network to detect methane point sources and quantify emissions from PRISMA hyperspectral satellite images
Peter Joyce
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Cristina Ruiz Villena
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE4 5SP, United Kingdom
Yahui Huang
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Alex Webb
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE4 5SP, United Kingdom
Manuel Gloor
School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Fabien H. Wagner
Institute of Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
Martyn P. Chipperfield
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Rocío Barrio Guilló
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
Chris Wilson
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE4 5SP, United Kingdom
now at: Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28334 Bremen, Germany
Model code and software
Using a deep neural network to detect methane point sources and quantify emissions from PRISMA hyperspectral satellite images Peter Joyce, Cristina Ruiz Villena, Yahui Huang, Alex Webb, Manuel Gloor, Fabien H. Wagner, Martyn P. Chipperfield, Rocío Barrio Guilló, Chris Wilson, and Hartmut Boesch https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7064085
Short summary
Methane emissions are responsible for a lot of the warming caused by the greenhouse effect, much of which comes from a small number of point sources. We can identify methane point sources by analysing satellite data, but it requires a lot of time invested by experts and is prone to very high errors. Here, we produce a neural network that can automatically identify methane point sources and estimate the mass of methane that is being released per hour and are able to do so with far smaller errors.
Methane emissions are responsible for a lot of the warming caused by the greenhouse effect, much...
