"We don't give a damn," quanified as teragrams of #methane

Plug leaks? Nope-- payroll costs profit.

"We detect 139 individual methane plumes emanating from 122 point sources, with flux rates ranging from 519 to 16,071 kg hr−1...we observe a 66.7% reduction in methane emissions in Permian Basin during COVID-19, followed by fluctuations until spring 2023. By summer 2023, methane emissions rebound to twice their previous magnitude (1.68 ± 0.58 Tg a−1)."

#gaofen5

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JD040870

#Xinhua:
"China's hyperspectral remote-sensing satellite put into use"
"..Gaofen-5 01A, was launched into space on Dec. 9, 2022. It can provide high-quality hyperspectral data for diverse fields.."
"..runs in the sun's synchronous regression orbit, 705 kilometers above Earth."

https://english.news.cn/20240123/51e5090b542a4a9eb3beb3559fd19a7a/c.html

23.1.2024

#China #CNSA #Erdbeobachtung #Gaofen #Gaofen5 #SAST #Satelliten #Raumfahrt