Table 3.
Count of HMS satellite detections by Filtering Level
Filter Level | Description | Count of HMS Detections | % of Agriculture/Rangeland | Comments |
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1 | Detections outside of lower 48 states | 196,875 | Included for SF2 processing | |
2 | Detections that were not agricultural | 108,203 | Included for SF2 processing | |
3 | Detections in snow covered areas | 6,701 | 11% | Included for SF2 processing |
4 | Detections removed from Iowa | 944 | 1% | Included for SF2 processing |
4 | Detections removed from other midwestern states | 2,911 | 5% | Included for SF2 processing |
4 | Detections Removed from Delaware | 15 | 0% | Included for SF2 processing |
5 | Detections that were duplicates from GOES | 336 | 1% | Not used |
5 | Detections that were duplicates across satellites | 4,907 | 8% | Not used |
6 | Detections used for emission estimates | 47,729 | 75% | Used in this study for emission estimates |