Global Methane Emissions

  • Released Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Spinning globe showing global methane emissions in magenta.

The Earth surface Mineral dust source InvesTigation (EMIT) mission not only maps key minerals over deserts, but can also detect methane emissions - a potential greenhouse gas. This data visualization highlights the primary emissions EMIT detected globally.

Data used for this visualization can be found at VISIONS: The EMIT Open Data Portal.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 at 2:29 PM EDT.

Datasets used

  • VISIONS: The EMIT Open Data Portal [International Space Station (ISS): Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)]

    ID: 1210
    Type: Observed Data Sensor: Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT)

    The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) instrument measures surface mineralogy, targeting the Earth’s arid dust source regions. EMIT is installed on the International Space Station (ISS) and uses imaging spectroscopy to take measurements of the sunlit regions of interest between 52° N latitude and 52° S latitude.

    Credit: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

    This dataset can be found at: https://earth.jpl.nasa.gov/emit/data/data-portal/Greenhouse-Gases/

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