Towards the Optimization of TanSat-2: Assessment of a Large-Swath Methane Measurement

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Udgivet i:Remote Sensing vol. 17, no. 3 (2025), p. 543
Hovedforfatter: Zhu, Sihong
Andre forfattere: Yang, Dongxu, Liang, Feng, Tian, Longfei, Liu, Yi, Cao, Junji, Wu, Kai, Cai, Zhaonan, Palmer, Paul I
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100 1 |a Zhu, Sihong  |u Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; <email>zhusihong@mail.iap.ac.cn</email> (S.Z.); <email>liuyi@mail.iap.ac.cn</email> (Y.L.); <email>kwu@mail.iap.ac.cn</email> (K.W.); <email>caizhaonan@mail.iap.ac.cn</email> (Z.C.) 
245 1 |a Towards the Optimization of TanSat-2: Assessment of a Large-Swath Methane Measurement 
260 |b MDPI AG  |c 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a To evaluate the potential of an upcoming large-swath satellite for estimating surface methane (CH₄) fluxes at a weekly scale, we report the results from a series of observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) that use an established modeling framework that includes the GEOS-Chem 3D atmospheric transport model and an ensemble Kalman filter. These experiments focus on the sensitivity of CH₄ flux estimates to systematic errors (<inline-formula>μ</inline-formula>) and random errors (<inline-formula>σ</inline-formula>) in the column average methane (XCH4) measurements. Our control test (INV_CTL) demonstrates that with median errors (<inline-formula>μ</inline-formula> = 1.0 ± 0.9 ppb and <inline-formula>σ</inline-formula> = 6.9 ± 1.6 ppb) in XCH₄ measurements over a 1000 km swath, global CH4 fluxes can be estimated with an accuracy of 5.1 ± 1.7%, with regional accuracies ranging from 3.8% to 21.6% across TransCom sub-continental regions. The northern hemisphere mid-latitudes show greater reliability and consistency across varying <inline-formula>μ</inline-formula> and <inline-formula>σ</inline-formula> levels, while tropical and boreal regions exhibit higher sensitivity due to limited high-quality observations. In <inline-formula>σ</inline-formula>-sensitive regions, such as the North American boreal zone, expanding the swath width from 1000 km to 3000 km significantly reduces discrepancies, while such adjustments provide limited improvements for <inline-formula>μ</inline-formula>-sensitive regions like North Africa. For TanSat-2 mission, with its elliptical medium Earth orbit and 1500 km swath width, the global total estimates achieved an accuracy of 3.1 ± 2.2%. Enhancing the swath width or implementing a dual-satellite configuration is proposed to further improve TanSat-2 inversion performance. 
653 |a Cytotoxicity 
653 |a Swath width 
653 |a Accuracy 
653 |a Configuration management 
653 |a Lymphocytes T 
653 |a Orbits 
653 |a Methane 
653 |a Northern Hemisphere 
653 |a Aerosols 
653 |a Transport processes 
653 |a Earth orbits 
653 |a Performance evaluation 
653 |a Kalman filters 
653 |a Bias 
653 |a Systematic errors 
653 |a Random errors 
653 |a Greenhouse gases 
653 |a Satellite configurations 
653 |a Regions 
653 |a Estimates 
653 |a Elliptical orbits 
653 |a Satellite observation 
653 |a Fluxes 
653 |a Satellites 
700 1 |a Yang, Dongxu  |u Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; &lt;email&gt;zhusihong@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (S.Z.); &lt;email&gt;liuyi@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Y.L.); &lt;email&gt;kwu@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (K.W.); &lt;email&gt;caizhaonan@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Z.C.); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; &lt;email&gt;jjcao@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; 
700 1 |a Liang, Feng  |u School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK; &lt;email&gt;liang.feng@ed.ac.uk&lt;/email&gt; (L.F.); &lt;email&gt;pip@ed.ac.uk&lt;/email&gt; (P.I.P.); National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK 
700 1 |a Tian, Longfei  |u Innovation Academy for Microsatellites, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201306, China; &lt;email&gt;tianlf@microsate.com&lt;/email&gt; 
700 1 |a Liu, Yi  |u Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; &lt;email&gt;zhusihong@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (S.Z.); &lt;email&gt;liuyi@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Y.L.); &lt;email&gt;kwu@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (K.W.); &lt;email&gt;caizhaonan@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Z.C.); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; &lt;email&gt;jjcao@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt;; Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 
700 1 |a Cao, Junji  |u University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; &lt;email&gt;jjcao@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt;; Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 
700 1 |a Wu, Kai  |u Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; &lt;email&gt;zhusihong@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (S.Z.); &lt;email&gt;liuyi@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Y.L.); &lt;email&gt;kwu@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (K.W.); &lt;email&gt;caizhaonan@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Z.C.); Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 
700 1 |a Cai, Zhaonan  |u Carbon Neutrality Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China; &lt;email&gt;zhusihong@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (S.Z.); &lt;email&gt;liuyi@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Y.L.); &lt;email&gt;kwu@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (K.W.); &lt;email&gt;caizhaonan@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt; (Z.C.); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; &lt;email&gt;jjcao@mail.iap.ac.cn&lt;/email&gt;; Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Extreme Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 
700 1 |a Palmer, Paul I  |u School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK; &lt;email&gt;liang.feng@ed.ac.uk&lt;/email&gt; (L.F.); &lt;email&gt;pip@ed.ac.uk&lt;/email&gt; (P.I.P.); National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, UK 
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