3 papers
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
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…