由于未被检测到的小火焰,气体燃烧可能被卫星低估
Scott P Seymour1,2, Benjamin Aylward2, Kevin P Galvin1,3
1Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York 10010, United States.
Environmental science & technology
|September 29, 2025
概括
可见红外成像辐射仪套件 (VIIRS) 的卫星数据大大低估了加拿大的石油和天然气燃烧量. 这是由于未被检测到的小间歇性火焰和封闭的燃烧器造成的,影响了全球火焰估计.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 能源研究 能源研究
- 遥感 遥感 遥感 遥感
背景情况:
- 精确监测全球上游石油和天然气燃烧的情况对于了解温室气体排放和健康风险至关重要.
- 卫星观测,例如来自可见红外成像放射仪套件 (VIIRS) 的卫星观测,用于全球燃烧估计.
研究的目的:
- 评估VIIRS卫星数据在估计加拿大的石油和天然气燃烧量时的准确性.
- 为了确定基于卫星的估计和行业报告的燃烧数据之间的差异.
- 调查VIIRS低估的原因及其对全球燃烧数据的潜在影响.
主要方法:
- 从加拿大西部 (2012-2023) 分析了超过65,000份年度行业爆发报告.
- 对行业报告的燃烧量和地点数量与VIIRS估计数据进行比较.
- 识别未检测到的火焰 (小,间歇或封闭的燃烧器) 作为差异的来源.
主要成果:
- 与行业数据相比,VIIRS大大低估了加拿大的燃烧量.
- 在2023年,工业报告说,在14倍多的地点,VIIRS的燃烧量是VIIRS的2.2倍.
- 差异主要是由于未检测到的小/间歇性火焰 (76%) 和封闭的燃烧器 (24%).
- 在全球VIIRS数据中,在低流速下类似的检测下降表明其他地区的潜在低估.
结论:
- VIIRS数据显著低估了石油和天然气的燃烧,特别是在普遍存在小,间歇或封闭火焰的地区.
- 加拿大发现的低估对全球燃烧库存的准确性有影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来完善基于卫星的火焰估计方法,以考虑所有火焰类型和大小.
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