ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Earth Sci.

Sec. Atmospheric Science

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1577961

Space-ground integration system of methane emission moni-toring and quantification: cases in Dongying, China

Provisionally accepted
Hu  HeHu He1Dong  SunDong Sun1*Jingang  ZhaoJingang Zhao1Xin  YuanXin Yuan1Haoran  LiHaoran Li1Fang  LiuFang Liu1Wei  WangWei Wang2*
  • 1Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Technology Testing Center, Dongying, China
  • 2School of Geosciences and Info Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China

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Calibrating traditional inventory-based emission estimates with top-down point source inversion results is of significant importance. To address the challenges posed by satellite remote sensing in accurately assessing methane point source emissions and the inef-ficiency of ground-based mobile measurement due to the lack of prior information, this paper proposes a novel space-ground integration system of methane emission monitoring and quantification. The system utilizes a classical matched filtering (CMF) algorithm to retrieve greenhouse gas concentration increments from multi-temporal hyperspectral images, thereby identifying continuous point sources, which subsequently guides the development of ground-based emission data collection plans. The EMISSION-PARTITION model is applied to quantify point source emission intensities. In April 2024, our team conducted an experiment based on this system in a petrochemical industrial park in Dongying, China. Satellite observations identified key continuous point sources with an uncertainty of 8.08%. The point source emission intensities quantified from mobile measurement ranged from a minimum of 139.36 kg/hto a maximum of107.42 kg/h, with uncertainties controlled within 19.1%. This experiment provides valuable insights for similar greenhouse gas emission monitoring and quantification tasks.

Keywords: space-ground integration, matched filter, In-situ measurement, CH4 emission, Satellite

Received: 17 Feb 2025; Accepted: 21 May 2025.

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* Correspondence:
Dong Sun, Sinopec Shengli Oilfield Technology Testing Center, Dongying, China
Wei Wang, School of Geosciences and Info Physics, Central South University, Changsha, China

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