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20222026
most citedDaily detection and quantification of methane leaks using Sentinel-3: a tiered satellite observation approach with Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5p

67 citations · 80 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.ao-ph2026

Quantifying AI data center nitrogen oxide (NO) emissions from space

Kevin D. Gauld, Daniel J. Varon, Nicholas Balasus +1

AI data center power demand is spurring rapid deployment of on- and near-site natural gas turbines. The resulting nitrogen oxide NO pollution is a growing concern but has not p…

cs.CV2026

Plume Segmentation from MethaneSAT with Cross-Sensor Transfer Learning and Physics-Informed Postprocessing

Manuel Pérez-Carrasco, Maya Nasr, Zhan Zhang +16

Automated detection and masking of individual methane plumes from satellite imagery is important for operational emission attribution and quantification. We present a machine learn…

physics.ao-ph2026

Mapping ammonia emission plumes using shortwave infrared imaging spectroscopy

Nicholas Balasus, Daniel H. Cusworth, Jinsol Kim +3

Atmospheric ammonia emissions are harmful to ecosystems and human health. These emissions have traditionally been monitored using thermal infrared spectrometers, though such techni…

physics.ao-ph2025

Quantifying urban and landfill methane emissions in the United States using TROPOMI satellite data

Xiaolin Wang, Daniel J. Jacob, Hannah Nesser +8

Urban areas are major sources of methane due to population needs for landfills, natural gas distribution, wastewater treatment, and residential combustion. Here we apply an inversi…

physics.ao-ph2024★ 13 cited

Satellite monitoring of annual US landfill methane emissions and trends

Nicholas Balasus, Daniel J. Jacob, Gabriel Maxemin +7

We use satellite observations of atmospheric methane from the TROPOMI instrument to estimate total annual methane emissions for 2019-2023 from four large Southeast US landfills wit…

physics.ao-ph2022★ 67 cited

Daily detection and quantification of methane leaks using Sentinel-3: a tiered satellite observation approach with Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-5p

Sudhanshu Pandey, Maarten van Nistelrooij, Joannes D. Maasakkers +7

The twin Sentinel-3 satellites have multi-band radiometers which observe in methane-sensitive shortwave infrared bands with daily global coverage and 500 m ground pixel resolution.…