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Single-blind test of nine methane-sensing satellite systems from three continents
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
present address: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Sahar H. El Abbadi
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
present address: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Philippine M. Burdeau
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
Zhan Zhang
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
Zhenlin Chen
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
Jeffrey S. Rutherford
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
present address: Highwood Emissions Management, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2V1, Canada
Yuanlei Chen
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
Adam R. Brandt
Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Short summary
Countries and companies increasingly rely on a growing fleet of satellites to find large emissions of climate-warming methane, particularly from oil and natural gas systems across the globe. We independently assessed the performance of nine such systems by releasing controlled, undisclosed amounts of methane as satellites passed overhead. The tested systems produced reliable detection and quantification results, including the smallest-ever emission detected from space in such a test.
Countries and companies increasingly rely on a growing fleet of satellites to find large...
