The Earth’s climate is changing because of man-made greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide and methane are the two main contributors to this enhanced greenhouse effect. Where are those gases emitted? Where do they go from there? How will these processes of emission and absorption be influenced in a changing climate? What is the role of various types of aerosols? We try to answer these scientific questions and address public health concerns such as air pollution.
TROPOMI aboard Sentinel-5p can be used to detect large methane emission plumes everywhere around the world. These plumes are automatically detected using the machine-learning setup described in Schuit et al. (2023, ACPD preprint). The weekly world maps show approximate source locations based on single TROPOMI plumes as well as initial source rate estimates based on an automated mass balance method.
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TROPOMI aboard Sentinel-5p can be used to detect large methane emission plumes everywhere around the world. These plumes are automatically detected using the machine-learning setup described in Schuit et al. (2023, ACPD preprint). The world maps show approximate source locations based on single TROPOMI plumes as well as initial source rate estimates based on an automated mass balance method. The number of detections can fluctuate because of varying cloud cover and viewing geometry. Plumes have only been subject to initial verification, precise quantification and final interpretation require more extensive evaluation. We exclude larger-scale enhancements such as seen over the Permian or wetland areas. Detections from one day can be spread across multiple detection weeks because of orbit availability at the time of publication.
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