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 …

Recent advances toward transparent methane emissions monitoring: a review

BM Erland, AK Thorpe, JA Gamon - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Given that anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be immediately reduced
to avoid drastic increases in global temperature, methane emissions have been placed …

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 …

Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter, YN Liu, DJ Varon… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Industrial emissions play a major role in the global methane budget. The Permian basin is
thought to be responsible for almost half of the methane emissions from all US oil-and gas …

Intermittency of large methane emitters in the Permian Basin

DH Cusworth, RM Duren, AK Thorpe… - … & Technology Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
The Permian Basin is the largest and fastest growing oil and gas (O&G) producing region in
the United States. We conducted an extensive airborne campaign across the majority of the …

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 …

High-frequency monitoring of anomalous methane point sources with multispectral Sentinel-2 satellite observations

DJ Varon, D Jervis, J McKeever… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
We demonstrate the capability of the Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI) to detect and
quantify anomalously large methane point sources with fine pixel resolution (20 m) and …

Improving quantification of methane point source emissions from imaging spectroscopy

Z Pei, G Han, H Mao, C Chen, T Shi, K Yang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The matched filter (MF) method is widely used for hyperspectral imaging spectrometers to
detect and quantify methane point sources due to its high computational efficiency …

Automated detection and monitoring of methane super-emitters using satellite data

BJ Schuit, JD Maasakkers, P Bijl… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
A reduction in anthropogenic methane emissions is vital to limit near-term global warming. A
small number of so-called super-emitters is responsible for a disproportionally large fraction …

Atmospheric remote sensing for anthropogenic methane emissions: Applications and research opportunities

S Zhang, J Ma, X Zhang, C Guo - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas (GHG) only after carbon dioxide.
Human activities substantially increase the atmospheric methane concentration globally, but …