Quantifying methane emissions from natural and anthropogenic sources using AVIRIS-like insturments

While AVIRIS-like imaging spectrometers were not designed for detecting gas plumes, they have been used for high resolution mapping of methane (CH₄) emissions at the Coal Oil Point marine seeps and controlled release experiments at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC). AVIRIS-like instruments permit direct attribution to individual emission sources and estimates of gas concentration, offering the potential to constrain emissions from sources of increasing concern like industrial point sources and fugitive methane from the oil and gas industry.