Title: Satellite-Based Detection of Methane Emissions From Permafrost Peatland Warming (TROPOMI/WFMD)
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Study Site: Global
Purpose: The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) is a spaceborne nadir
viewing spectrometer with bands in the ultraviolet and visible (270-495nm),
the near infrared (675-775nm) and the shortwave infrared (2305-2385nm)
(Veefkind et al., 2012). TROPOMI combines daily global coverage with a high
spatial resolution in order to focus on the troposphere where concentrations of
trace gas and aerosol species rapidly change. Light from different wavelength
bands is measured by TROPOMI to generate various data products. Some of the
species measured by TROPOMI include ozone, nitrogen dioxide, methane, and
carbon monoxide.
Abstract: Sentinel-5P was launched in October 2017 into a sun-synchronous orbit with an
equator crossing time of 13:30. TROPOMI’s observations of overtone absorptions
in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) solar backscattered spectrum yield the vertical
columns of CH4 with high sensitivity down to the Earth’s surface (Schneising
et al., 2019). The instrument has a wide swath of 2600km consisting of single
measurements with a horizontal resolution of typically 5.5×7km2 in the SWIR
bands (7×7km2 before 6 August 2019).
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Research:
Further Info: Nassar, R., Shafi, Q., Mendonca, J., Baray, S., Morse, P., Schneising, O., et al. (2026). Satellite-based detection of methane emissions from permafrost peatland warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119600. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119600
Status: In-progress
Keywords:
methane,
carbon dioxide,
remote sensing,
Geographical coordinates: North: 83.15, South: 41.909 East: -52.619 West: -141.010
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2018-01-05, End
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