Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills

JD Maasakkers, DJ Varon, A Elfarsdóttir… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
As atmospheric methane concentrations increase at record pace, it is critical to identify
individual emission sources with high potential for mitigation. Here, we leverage the synergy …

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 …

National quantifications of methane emissions from fuel exploitation using high resolution inversions of satellite observations

L Shen, DJ Jacob, R Gautam, M Omara… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Reducing methane emissions from fossil fuel exploitation (oil, gas, coal) is an important
target for climate policy, but current national emission inventories submitted to the United …

Satellites detect abatable super-emissions in one of the world's largest methane hotspot regions

I Irakulis-Loitxate, L Guanter… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Reduction of fossil fuel-related methane emissions has been identified as an essential
means for climate change mitigation, but emission source identification remains elusive for …

Satellite discovery of anomalously large methane point sources from oil/gas production

DJ Varon, J McKeever, D Jervis… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid identification of anomalous methane sources in oil/gas fields could enable corrective
action to fight climate change. The GHGSat‐D satellite instrument measuring atmospheric …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite quantification of oil and natural gas methane emissions in the US and Canada including contributions from individual basins

L Shen, R Gautam, M Omara… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We use satellite methane observations from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI), for May 2018 to February 2020, to quantify methane emissions from individual …

Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations

Z Chen, DJ Jacob, H Nesser… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We quantify methane emissions in China and the contributions from different sectors by
inverse analysis of 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane. The …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments

Z Qu, DJ Jacob, L Shen, X Lu, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We evaluate the global atmospheric methane column retrievals from the new TROPOMI
satellite instrument and apply them to a global inversion of methane sources for 2019 at 2∘× …

Direct measurement of methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas sector: Review of measurement results and technology advances (2018–2022)

X Yang, E Kuru, X Zhang, S Zhang, R Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing methane emissions from the upstream oil and gas sector deviates from the
goals of the Paris Agreement on sustainable development and climate control. This paper …