The paper introduces UnorthoDOS, a dataset and machine‑learning approach that enables methane plume detection directly on unorthorectified hyperspectral satellite imagery. Using U‑Net models trained on this data, the authors achieve performance close to models trained on orthorectified images (IoU 16.91% vs. 18.47%) and far surpass the traditional matched‑filter baseline (IoU 4.76%). They also demonstrate that FP16 compression can reduce model size by half with negligible loss in output accuracy, making onboard deployment feasible.
By Luca Marini, Maggie Chen, Hala Lamdouar, Laura Mart\'inez-Ferrer, Dr C. P. Bridges, Giacomo Acciarini
arXiv:2604. 10094v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Anthropogenic methane (CH4) point sources are critical drivers of near-term climate forcing, safety hazards, and system-inefficiencies.
By Vishal V. Batchu, Michelangelo Conserva, Alex Wilson, Anna M. Michalak, Varun Gulshan, Philip G. Brodrick, Andrew K. Thorpe, Christopher V. Arsdale
The paper reports the first on‑board detection of methane point source emissions using imaging spectroscopy data from the AVIRIS‑5 sensor during the Tokyo Field Campaign in March 2026. It describes how a compact machine‑learning model was deployed on the aircraft to predict potential trace‑gas events in real time, circumventing communication bottlenecks that prevent full data downlink during flight. The approach enables immediate identification of transient gas releases without waiting for ground‑based processing.
By V\'it R\r{u}\v{z}i\v{c}ka, Adam Chlus, Andrew Thorpe, David R. Thompson
Imaging spectrometers increasingly distribute source-resolved methane plume products in which the plume mask, integrated mass enhancement (IME), plume length, emission rate, and uncertainty are physically and algorithmically linked. Using 63 EMIT-derived Carbon Mapper plume records from 27 scenes, we show that these published scalar quantities do not uniquely constrain the plume boundary: substantially different yet plausible masks reproduce the same IME, plume length, and emission rate.
arXiv:2512. 23234v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Infrared gas leak detection is important for industrial safety and environmental monitoring, but automatic detection remains challenging because gas plumes are often faint, small, semi-transparent, and weakly bounded.
By Dongsheng Li, Tianli Ma, Siling Wang, Beibei Duan, Song Gao
arXiv:2606. 09313v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Retrieval algorithms are used to estimate atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4), by solving inverse problems from high-spectral-resolution satellite radiance measurements.
By Nugzar Gognadze, Motonobu Kanagawa, Yu Someya, Hisashi Yashiro
arXiv:2512. 07925v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Ongoing armed conflict in Sudan highlights the need for rapid monitoring of conflict-related fire-affected areas.
By Kuldip Singh Atwal, Dieter Pfoser, Daniel Rothbart
The paper introduces PRISMA, a generative framework that separates precipitation prior training from sensor-specific constraints, allowing flexible composition of heterogeneous satellite observations without retraining the core model. By integrating FY‑4B/AGRI, GPM/GMI, F16‑F18 SSMIS, and GPM/DPR‑Ka data, PRISMA consistently improves precipitation‑estimation accuracy and outperforms IMERG Final in CRPS and RMSE while maintaining positive Brier skill across thresholds. The framework supports rapid, accurate ensemble precipitation estimates, enhancing satellite‑based monitoring for hydrometeorological hazards.
By Yunfan Yang, Haofei Sun, Xiuyu Sun, Wei Han, Xiaoze Xu, Xingtao Song, Jun Li, Zhiqiu Gao, Wei Huang
arXiv:2609.18227v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Wildfire smoke detection from satellite imagery is critical for early warning and rapid response. For onboard satellite deployment, detection systems m...
By Sha Lu, Yu Sun, Liang Zhao, Jixue Liu, Lin Liu, Jiuyong Li, A. K. Qin, Alejandro Mousist, Stefan Peters
arXiv:2608. 14645v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Studying climate change requires reducing uncertainties in CO2 and CH4 emission estimates to better distinguish anthropogenic from natural sources, which motivates spaceborne measurements with improved revisit frequency and spatial coverage.
By Jordan Lontsi Tedongmo (CB), Yann Ferrec (CB, IFUMI), Laurence Croiz\'e (CB, IFUMI), Pablo Mus\'e (CB, IFUMI), Gabriele Facciolo (CB), Andr\'es Almansa (MAP5 - UMR 8145, IFUMI)
The paper proposes a data-driven protocol that uses multispectral Landsat‑8 imagery and connected‑component analysis to characterize fire‑region size distributions for active wildfire segmentation. Three segmentation architectures—U‑Net, DeepLabV3+, and SegFormer—are evaluated under different SWIR‑based spectral configurations, with U‑Net showing the strongest robustness and SWIR2 consistently delivering the best results. The study highlights the importance of both spectral band selection and architectural design for robust satellite‑based active wildfire mapping, especially when training on low fire‑pixel density images.
By Matheus F. Kovaleski, Cristiano Premebida, Jo\~ao Ruivo Paulo
Wildfire smoke detection from satellite imagery is critical for early warning and rapid response. For onboard satellite deployment, detection systems must operate under strict memory and latency const...