Characterization of anthropogenic methane plumes with the Hyperspectral
Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES): a retrieval method and error analysis

Kuai, Le; Worden, John R.; Li, King-Fai; Hulley, Glynn C.; Hopkins, Francesca M.; Miller, Charles E.; Hook, Simon J.; Duren, Riley M.; Aubrey, Andrew D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3165-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3165-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3165-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

Research article

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21 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 21 Jul 2016

Characterization of anthropogenic methane plumes with the Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES): a retrieval method and error analysis

Le Kuai, John R. Worden, King-Fai Li, Glynn C. Hulley, Francesca M. Hopkins, Charles E. Miller, Simon J. Hook, Riley M. Duren, and Andrew D. Aubrey

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RC1: 'Referee comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Le Kuai, 23 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Comment on "Characterization of anthropogenic methane plumes with the Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES): a retrieval method and error analysis" by Le Kuai et al.', Fred Prata, 24 May 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer Fred Prata', Le Kuai, 14 Jun 2016

Short summary

This paper describes the retrieval algorithm to estimate the lower tropospheric methane concentrations using Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) airborne measurements. This project aims to map and detect methane plumes from the oil leaking or dairy emission. Our results demonstrate an example of the quantitative retrievals, imaged a big methane plume from storage tanks near Kern River Oil Field. The methane enhancement is well above the uncertainties of the estimates.