Space Challenge 2023 - Resources
Resources
Resources for “Space for Planet Earth Problem Statement
The lists in the sub menus provide links to some initial references related to the methane challenge problem statement. If you know of other useful resources, please send them to us at [email protected] so we can add them to these lists.
General
15 Free Satellite Imagery Data Sources
Methane Emission Measurement and Monitoring Methods
UN Environment Program Resources on Methane
Articles
UN announces high-tech, satellite-based global methane detection system
Japanese Methane monitoring satellite
https://www.gosat.nies.go.jp/recent-global-ch4.html
“Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane”, Jacob, Daniel J., et al., Volume 22, issue 14, ACP, 22, 9617–9646, 2022
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/9617/2022/
“GHGSat unveils free global methane map”, 2020
https://spacenews.com/ghgsat-unveils-free-global-methane-map/
“Exxon Broke Rules With Late Reporting of Permian Methane Leak”, Bloomberg, 1 March 2023
“Why Methane Surged in 2020”, NASA Earth Observatory
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150967/why-methane-surged-in-2020
(The article has links to other sources, including NOAA)
“IEA to use GHGSat data in globally recognized methane tracker”, GHGSat press release, Feb 2023
https://www.ghgsat.com/en/newsroom/iea-to-use-ghgsat-data-in-globally-recognized-methane-tracker/
“This Five-Mile-Long Cloud of Methane Was Spotted Over Wyoming”, Feb 2023
“New Mexico Investigates Permian Basin Methane Cloud Spotted by Satellite”, 31 Jan 2023
“Climate change: WMO unveils plans for sustainable monitoring of greenhouse gases”, UN News, Feb 2023
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/02/1133047
“UN signs deal for satellite methane monitoring”, The Engineer, 20 Jan 2023
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/un-signs-deal-for-satellite-methane-monitoring/
“A new way to spot methane leaks globally”, Phys.org, Jan 2023
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-methane-leaks-globally.html
“Understanding the potential of Sentinel-2 for monitoring methane point emissions”, Jan 2023
https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/16/89/2023/
Organisations
UN Climate Change
UN Climate Change – Greenhouse Gas Data Interface
https://di.unfccc.int/time_series
International Energy Agency (IEA) Global Methane Tracker 2023
https://www.iea.org/events/global-methane-tracker-2023
UN Environment Program
https://www.unep.org/resources/annual-report-2022
Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0
https://www.ogmpartnership.com
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – cosponsor of Global Climate Observing System
https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system
Kayrros Methane Watch
https://www.kayrros.com/methane-watch/
(global commercial company based in London, selling methane monitoring as a service)
Methane Alert and Response System (MARS)
International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO)
https://www.unep.org/explore-topics/energy/what-we-do/imeo
https://twitter.com/MethaneData
Global Methane Hub
https://www.globalmethanehub.org
https://twitter.com/Gmethanehub
(The Global Methane Hub. A philanthropic fund to support methane mitigation and prevent global warming. Based in Chile.)
“An Eye on Methane: International Methane Emissions Observatory 2022 Report”, Oct 2022
“UN’s MARS program launches methane detection into the Space Age”, EDF, Nov 2022
https://www.edf.org/blog/2022/11/14/un-mars-program-launches-methane-detection-space-age