{"id":12182,"date":"2024-10-10T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/first-greenhouse-gas-plumes-detected-with-nasa-designed-instrument\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:10:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T22:10:20","slug":"first-greenhouse-gas-plumes-detected-with-nasa-designed-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/first-greenhouse-gas-plumes-detected-with-nasa-designed-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Greenhouse Gas Plumes Detected With NASA-Designed Instrument<\/h2>\n

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On Sept. 19, the imaging spectrometer on the Carbon Mapper Coalition\u2019s Tanager-1 satellite detected this methane plume in Karachi, Pakistan, extending nearly 2\u00bd miles (4 kilometers) from a landfill. The spectrometer was designed at NASA JPL.<\/div>\n
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Extending about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from a coal-fired power plant, this carbon dioxide plume in Kendal, South Africa, was captured Sept. 19 by the imaging spectrometer on the Carbon Mapper Coalition\u2019s Tanager-1 satellite.<\/div>\n
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This methane plume was captured south of Midland, Texas, in the Permian Basin, one of the world\u2019s largest oil fields. The imaging spectrometer on the Carbon Mapper Coalition\u2019s Tanager-1 satellite made the detection on Sept. 24.<\/div>\n
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