Current and Near-Term Earth-Observing Environmental Satellites, Their Missions, Characteristics, Instruments, and Applications

SL Ustin, EMP Middleton - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Among the essential tools to address global environmental information requirements are the
Earth-Observing (EO) satellites with free and open data access. This paper reviews those …

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 …

Spectral remote sensing for onshore seepage characterization: A critical overview

S Asadzadeh, CR de Souza Filho - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
In this article, we overview the application of spectral remote sensing data collected by multi-
, and hyperspectral instruments in the visible-near infrared (VNIR), short-wave infrared …

Map** 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 …

Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions

DJ Jacob, AJ Turner, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Methane is a greenhouse gas emitted by a range of natural and anthropogenic sources.
Atmospheric methane has been measured continuously from space since 2003, and new …

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 …

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

DJ Varon, D Jervis, J McKeever… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
We demonstrate the capability of the Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral satellite Instrument (MSI) to
detect and quantify large methane point sources with fine pixel resolution (20 m) and rapid …

SWIR photodetection and visualization realized by incorporating an organic SWIR sensitive bulk heterojunction

N Li, Z Lan, YS Lau, J **e, D Zhao, F Zhu - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Short‐wavelength infrared (SWIR) photodetection and visualization has profound impacts
on different applications. In this work, a large‐area organic SWIR photodetector (PD) that is …

Methanemapper: Spectral absorption aware hyperspectral transformer for methane detection

S Kumar, I Arevalo, ASM Iftekhar… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Methane (CH 4) is the chief contributor to global climate change. Recent Airborne Visible-
Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) has been very useful in …

Real-time remote detection and measurement for airborne imaging spectroscopy: a case study with methane

DR Thompson, I Leifer, H Bovensmann… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - amt.copernicus.org
Localized anthropogenic sources of atmospheric CH 4 are highly uncertain and temporally
variable. Airborne remote measurement is an effective method to detect and quantify these …