Assessing the Potential of the MTG-FCI Geostationary Mission for the Detection of Methane Plumes
Shanyu Zhou, Javier Gorroño, Javier Roger, Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate, Rasmus Lindstrot, Zhipeng Pei, Lulu Si, Luis Guanter
TL;DR
This paper evaluates how well the MTG-FCI satellite can detect methane plumes, showing it can track large emissions in near real-time.
Contribution
Demonstrates the potential of MTG-FCI for detecting and quantifying methane plumes with high temporal and spatial resolution.
Findings
MTG-FCI can detect methane emissions as low as 30 t/h, with clearer detection above 50 t/h.
Mass-balance modeling suggests a minimum detection limit of 20–30 t/h under optimal conditions.
A real methane plume from a compressor station in Algeria was successfully tracked with an emission rate of 389 ± 81 t/h.
Abstract
The Flexible Combined Imager aboard the Meteosat Third Generation satellite (MTG-FCI) provides geostationary observations over Europe and Africa, the Middle East, parts of South America, and the surrounding waters. The FCI samples the visible, near-infrared, and shortwave infrared spectral windows with a spatial resolution at nadir between 500 and 1000 m, and a 10 min temporal sampling interval. This configuration offers a potential for methane retrievals using multiband multipass retrieval (MBMP) methods, as shown with other multispectral missions. The potential of the MTG-FCI system for the detection and monitoring of single methane plumes is evaluated in this article through different approaches. End-to-end simulations using high-resolution WRF-LES methane plumes over Algeria showed that MTG-FCI can detect emissions as low as 30 t/h, where initial plume signals become visible, with a…
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TopicsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Spectroscopy and Laser Applications