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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

Global Identification of Solid Waste Methane Super Emitters Using Hyperspectral Satellites.

Xin Zhang, Joannes D Maasakkers, Javier Roger, Luis Guanter, Shubham Sharma, Srijana Lama, Paul Tol, Daniel J Varon, Daniel H Cusworth, Katherine Howell and 3 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Global monitoring of methane point sources using deep learning on hyperspectral radiance measurements from EMIT.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Xin ZhangSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1756-6620
Joannes D MaasakkersSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8118-0311
Javier RogerResearch Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia 46022, Spain.
Luis GuanterResearch Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia 46022, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8389-5764
Shubham SharmaSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.
Srijana LamaSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.
Paul TolSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.
Daniel J VaronSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3207-5731
Daniel H CusworthCarbon Mapper, Pasadena, California 91105, United States.
Katherine HowellCarbon Mapper, Pasadena, California 91105, United States.
Andrew K ThorpeJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7968-5433
Philip G BrodrickJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, United States.
Ilse AbenSRON Space Research Organisation Netherlands, Leiden 2333 CA, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid waste is the third largest source of anthropogenic methane, and mitigating emissions is crucial for addressing climate change. We combine three high-resolution (30-60 m) hyperspectral satellite imagers (EMIT, EnMAP, and PRISMA) to quantify emissions from 38 strongly emitting disposal sites across worldwide urban methane hotspots. The imagers give consistent emission estimates, with EMIT and EnMAP having better sensitivity than PRISMA. Total observed emissions add up to 230 ± 15 t h

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MethaneSolid WasteEnvironmental MonitoringMethaneSolid Wastehyperspectrallandfillmethaneremote sensingsatellite

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PMID40827757
PMCPMC12409875

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