NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms

K Cawse-Nicholson, PA Townsend, D Schimel… - Remote sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2017–2027 National Academies' Decadal Survey, Thriving on Our Changing
Planet, recommended Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) as a “Designated Targeted …

A review of close-range and screening technologies for mitigating fugitive methane emissions in upstream oil and gas

TA Fox, TE Barchyn, D Risk… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Fugitive methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are targeted using leak detection
and repair (LDAR) programs. Until recently, only a limited number of measurement …

Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

DJ Jacob, DJ Varon, DH Cusworth… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We review the capability of current and scheduled satellite observations of atmospheric
methane in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) to quantify methane emissions from the global …

Attribution of individual methane and carbon dioxide emission sources using EMIT observations from space

AK Thorpe, RO Green, DR Thompson, PG Brodrick… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Carbon dioxide and methane emissions are the two primary anthropogenic climate-forcing
agents and an important source of uncertainty in the global carbon budget. Uncertainties are …

California's methane super-emitters

RM Duren, AK Thorpe, KT Foster, T Rafiq, FM Hopkins… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and is targeted for emissions mitigation by the US
state of California and other jurisdictions worldwide,. Unique opportunities for mitigation are …

Mapping methane point emissions with the PRISMA spaceborne imaging spectrometer

L Guanter, I Irakulis-Loitxate, J Gorroño… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The detection and repairment of methane leaks from fossil fuel production activities have
been identified as a key climate change mitigation strategy. Several types of optical satellite …

Optimal estimation for imaging spectrometer atmospheric correction

DR Thompson, V Natraj, RO Green… - Remote sensing of …, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a new method for atmospheric correction of remote Visible Shortwave Infrared
(VSWIR) imaging spectroscopy. Our approach fits a combined model of atmospheric …

MethaNet–An AI-driven approach to quantifying methane point-source emission from high-resolution 2-D plume imagery

S Jongaramrungruang, AK Thorpe, G Matheou… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Methane is one of the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases with a significant
impact on the Earth's radiation budget and tropospheric background ozone. Despite a well …

Advancing scientific understanding of the global methane budget in support of the Paris Agreement

AL Ganesan, S Schwietzke, B Poulter… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2015 Paris Agreement of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change aims to keep global average temperature increases well below 2° C of …

Potential of next-generation imaging spectrometers to detect and quantify methane point sources from space

DH Cusworth, DJ Jacob, DJ Varon… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - amt.copernicus.org
We examine the potential for global detection of methane plumes from individual point
sources with the new generation of spaceborne imaging spectrometers (EnMAP, PRISMA …