Open AccessSatellite Quantifies Carbon Dioxide from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo084189
Subject(s) - carbon dioxide , coal , environmental science , satellite , power (physics) , remote sensing , waste management , engineering , chemistry , geology , aerospace engineering , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Using data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 satellite, researchers measured emissions of the greenhouse gas from individual coal plants in the United States, India, and South Africa.