Towards a remote sensing solution to quantify nitrous oxide emissions by integrating shortwave and thermal infrared bands

Riaz, Ayesha; Sun, Kang; Baker, Brian D.; Buma, Brian; Cady-Pereira, Karen E.; Chan Miller, Christopher; Eddy III, William C.; Farris, Betsy M.; Kampe, Thomas U.; Kort, Eric A.; Leisso, Nathan P.; Spurr, Robert; Stuchiner, Emily R.; Yang, Wendy H.

doi:10.5194/amt-19-5169-2026

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5169-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-5169-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 15

Research article

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10 Aug 2026

Research article |

| 10 Aug 2026

Towards a remote sensing solution to quantify nitrous oxide emissions by integrating shortwave and thermal infrared bands

Ayesha Riaz, Kang Sun, Brian D. Baker, Brian Buma, Karen E. Cady-Pereira, Christopher Chan Miller, William C. Eddy III, Betsy M. Farris, Thomas U. Kampe, Eric A. Kort, Nathan P. Leisso, Robert Spurr, Emily R. Stuchiner, and Wendy H. Yang

Data sets

Towards a remote sensing solution to quantify nitrous oxide emissions by integrating shortwave and thermal infrared bands Ayesha Riaz https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/F1PGPT

Aircraft Data (2022) for Measurement of Agriculture Illuminating farm-Zone Emissions of N2O (MAIZE) Eric A. Kort et al. https://doi.org/10.7302/tmfd-nw87

Data for Hot or not? An evaluation of methods for identifying hot moments of nitrous oxide emissions from soils Emily Stuchiner et al. https://doi.org/10.13012/B2IDB-8414089_V1

Model code and software

Kang-Sun-CfA/Methane: longwave.py for N2O remote sensing concept paper (Version 1.2) Kang Sun https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21688202

Short summary

N₂O is a powerful greenhouse gas mainly released from agricultural soils, but its emissions are difficult to track as they vary strongly in space and time. We tested whether combining two kind of infrared measurements in one instrument could improve ability of airborne and satellite instruments to observe these emissions. We found that this combined approach improves sensitivity to near-surface emissions with low measurement error and could guide the design of future N₂O dedicated missions.