Technologies

Multi-Scale Approach

Carbon Mapper Data

Carbon Mapper leverages remote sensing technology and advanced hyperspectral imaging spectrometers to detect and quantify methane and carbon dioxide emissions from space. These sensors measure reflected sunlight across hundreds of wavelengths, allowing methane plumes to be identified through their unique spectral absorption signatures.

   Carbon Mapper and its partners continue to develop a constellation of satellites designed to detect large methane “super-emitters” from agriculture and coal facilities, oil and gas infrastructure, and landfills. The first satellite, Tanager-1 owned and operated by Planet, was launched in 2024 and carries a hyperspectral imaging spectrometer developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. This technology enables facility-scale detection of methane plumes and supports global monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions with all data published on a public             

              for easy access.