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Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and a primary target for mitigating climate change in the short-term future due to its relatively short atmospheric lifetime and greater ability to trap heat in Earth's atmosphere compared to carbon…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 Clayton Roberts , Rutger IJzermans , David Randell , Matthew Jones , Philip Jonathan , Kaisey Mandel , Bill Hirst , Oliver Shorttle

Prioritizing methane for near-term climate action is crucial due to its significant impact on global warming. Previous work used columnwise matched filter products from the airborne AVIRIS-NG imaging spectrometer to detect methane plume…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Vassiliki Mancoridis , Brian Bue , Jake H. Lee , Andrew K. Thorpe , Daniel Cusworth , Alana Ayasse , Philip G. Brodrick , Riley Duren

The strong radiative forcing by atmospheric methane has stimulated interest in identifying natural and anthropogenic sources of this potent greenhouse gas. Point sources are important targets for quantification, and anthropogenic targets…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-16 Markus D. Foote , Philip E. Dennison , Andrew K. Thorpe , David R. Thompson , Siraput Jongaramrungruang , Christian Frankenberg , Sarang C. Joshi

Quantifying spontaneous, fugitive and venting related methane emissions are often difficult and cumbersome. However, auditing the methane emissions due to conventional and un-conventional hydrocarbon exploitation techniques are becoming…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-29 Sandipta Roy , Ramakrishnan Desikan , Siddhartha P. Duttagupta

Satellite-based onboard data processing is crucial for time-sensitive applications requiring timely and efficient rapid response. Advances in edge artificial intelligence are shifting computational power from ground-based centers to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Roberto Del Prete , Manuel Salvoldi , Domenico Barretta , Nicolas Longépé , Gabriele Meoni , Arnon Karnieli , Maria Daniela Graziano , Alfredo Renga

Methane is a strong greenhouse gas, with a higher radiative forcing per unit mass and shorter atmospheric lifetime than carbon dioxide. The remote sensing of methane in regions of industrial activity is a key step toward the accurate…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2022-05-20 Clayton Roberts , Oliver Shorttle , Kaisey Mandel , Matthew Jones , Rutger Ijzermans , Bill Hirst , Philip Jonathan

Anthropogenic methane (CH4) point sources drive near-term climate forcing, safety hazards, and system inefficiencies. Space-based imaging spectroscopy is emerging as a tool for identifying emissions globally, but existing approaches largely…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Vishal V. Batchu , Michelangelo Conserva , Alex Wilson , Anna M. Michalak , Varun Gulshan , Philip G. Brodrick , Andrew K. Thorpe , Christopher V. Arsdale

The rapid expansion of advanced low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in large constellations is positioning space assets as key to the future, enabling global internet access and relay systems for deep space missions. A solution to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Wenxuan Zhang , Peng Hu

At least a quarter of the warming that the Earth is experiencing today is due to anthropogenic methane emissions. There are multiple satellites in orbit and planned for launch in the next few years which can detect and quantify these…

Methane gas hydrates have increasingly become a topic of interest because of their potential as a future energy resource. There are significant economical and environmental risks associated with extraction from hydrate reservoirs, so a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Mario Teixeira Parente , Steven Mattis , Shubhangi Gupta , Christian Deusner , Barbara Wohlmuth

The detection and prevention of illegal fishing is critical to maintaining a healthy and functional ecosystem. Recent research on ship detection in satellite imagery has focused exclusively on performance improvements, disregarding…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-13 Arthur Van Meerbeeck , Jordy Van Landeghem , Ruben Cartuyvels , Marie-Francine Moens

The new generation of hyperspectral imagers, such as PRISMA, has improved significantly our detection capability of methane (CH4) plumes from space at high spatial resolution (30m). We present here a complete framework to identify CH4…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Alexis Groshenry , Clement Giron , Thomas Lauvaux , Alexandre d'Aspremont , Thibaud Ehret

Upcoming space-based coronagraphic instruments in the next decade will perform reflected light spectroscopy and photometry of cool, directly imaged extrasolar giant planets. We are developing a new atmospheric retrieval methodology to help…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-14 Roxana E. Lupu , Mark S. Marley , Nikole Lewis , Michael Line , Wesley A. Traub , Kevin Zahnle

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. We investigate the methane observation capability of…

Underwater gas reservoirs are used in many situations. In particular, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facilities that are currently being developed intend to store greenhouse gases inside geological formations in the deep sea. In these…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-04-12 Paulo Hubert , Linilson Padovese

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, celebrated for its high resolution, all-weather capability, and day-night operability, is indispensable for maritime applications. However, ship detection in SAR imagery faces significant challenges,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Congxia Zhao , Xiongjun Fu , Jian Dong , Shen Cao , Chunyan Zhang

Spacecraft anomaly detection is critical for mission safety, yet deploying sophisticated models on-board presents significant challenges due to hardware constraints. This paper investigates three approaches for spacecraft telemetry anomaly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Christopher Goetze , Tim Schlippe , Daniel Lakey

Reducing methane emissions is essential for mitigating global warming. To attribute methane emissions to their sources, a comprehensive dataset of methane source infrastructure is necessary. Recent advancements with deep learning on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Bryan Zhu , Nicholas Lui , Jeremy Irvin , Jimmy Le , Sahil Tadwalkar , Chenghao Wang , Zutao Ouyang , Frankie Y. Liu , Andrew Y. Ng , Robert B. Jackson

Continuous and global detection of large methane emissions is a crucial step for global warming mitigation. Satellite observations, such as from S5P/TROPOMI, combined with plume detection algorithms, can play a key role in this effort.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Solomiia Kurchaba , Joannes D. Maasakkers , Berend J. Schuit , Ilse Aben

Microarchitectural attacks have become more threatening the hardware security than before with the increasing diversity of attacks such as Spectre and Meltdown. Vendor patches cannot keep up with the pace of the new threats, which makes the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Debopriya Roy Dipta , Berk Gulmezoglu