Methods for Global Survey of Natural Gas Flaring from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Data

A set of methods are presented for the global survey of natural gas flaring using data collected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA/NOAA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). The accuracy of the flared gas volume est...

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Main Authors: Christopher D. Elvidge, Mikhail Zhizhin, Kimberly Baugh, Feng-Chi Hsu, Tilottama Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/9/1/14