Level0 to Level1B processor for MethaneAIR by E. K. Conway, E. K. Conway, A. H. Souri, J. Benmergui, K. Sun, K. Sun, X. Liu, C. Staebell, C. Chan Miller, J. Franklin, J. Samra, J. Wilzewski, S. Roche, B. Luo, A. Chulakadabba, M. Sargent, J. Hohl, B. Daube, I. Gordon, K. Chance, S. Wofsy, S. Wofsy

“…MethaneAIR is the airborne simulator for MethaneSAT, a new satellite under development by MethaneSAT LLC, a subsidiary of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). …”
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Spectral calibration of the MethaneAIR instrument by C. Staebell, K. Sun, K. Sun, J. Samra, J. Franklin, C. Chan Miller, X. Liu, E. Conway, K. Chance, S. Milligan, S. Wofsy, S. Wofsy

“…<p>MethaneAIR is the airborne simulator of MethaneSAT, an area-mapping satellite currently under development with the goal of locating and quantifying large anthropogenic CH<span class="inline-formula">₄</span> point sources as well as diffuse emissions at the spatial scale of an oil and gas basin. …”
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Methane point source quantification using MethaneAIR: a new airborne imaging spectrometer by A. Chulakadabba, M. Sargent, T. Lauvaux, J. S. Benmergui, J. S. Benmergui, J. S. Benmergui, J. E. Franklin, C. Chan Miller, C. Chan Miller, J. S. Wilzewski, J. S. Wilzewski, S. Roche, S. Roche, E. Conway, E. Conway, A. H. Souri, K. Sun, K. Sun, B. Luo, J. Hawthrone, J. Samra, B. C. Daube, X. Liu, K. Chance, Y. Li, R. Gautam, R. Gautam, M. Omara, M. Omara, J. S. Rutherford, E. D. Sherwin, A. Brandt, S. C. Wofsy

“…<p>The MethaneSAT satellite instrument and its aircraft precursor, MethaneAIR, are imaging spectrometers designed to measure methane concentrations with wide spatial coverage, fine spatial resolution, and high precision compared to currently deployed remote sensing instruments. …”
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Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane by D. J. Jacob, D. J. Varon, D. J. Varon, D. H. Cusworth, D. H. Cusworth, P. E. Dennison, C. Frankenberg, C. Frankenberg, R. Gautam, L. Guanter, L. Guanter, J. Kelley, J. McKeever, L. E. Ott, B. Poulter, Z. Qu, A. K. Thorpe, J. R. Worden, R. M. Duren, R. M. Duren, R. M. Duren

“…Future area flux mappers, including MethaneSAT, GOSAT-GW, Sentinel-5, GeoCarb, and CO2M, will increase the capability to quantify emissions at high resolution, and the MERLIN lidar will improve observation of the Arctic. …”
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The 2019 methane budget and uncertainties at 1° resolution and each country through Bayesian integration Of GOSAT total column methane data and a priori inventory estimates by J. R. Worden, D. H. Cusworth, D. H. Cusworth, Z. Qu, Y. Yin, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, A. A. Bloom, S. Ma, B. K. Byrne, T. Scarpelli, J. D. Maasakkers, D. Crisp, R. Duren, D. J. Jacob

“…Higher-resolution fluxes calculated from upcoming satellite or aircraft data such as the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) and those in formulation such as the Copernicus CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>M, MethaneSat, or Carbon Mapper can be incorporated into our Bayesian estimation framework for the purpose of reducing uncertainty and improving the spatial resolution and sectoral attribution of subsequent methane emissions estimates.…”
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