Satellite monitoring of annual US landfill methane emissions and trends

We use satellite observations of atmospheric methane from the TROPOMI instrument to estimate total annual methane emissions for 2019–2023 from four large Southeast US landfills with gas collection and control systems. The emissions are on average 6× higher than the values reported by the landfills t...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Nicholas Balasus, Daniel J Jacob, Gabriel Maxemin, Carrie Jenks, Hannah Nesser, Joannes D Maasakkers, Daniel H Cusworth, Tia R Scarpelli, Daniel J Varon, Xiaolin Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Subjects:	methane satellites landfills
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ada2b1