arXiv:2507.01472cs.CVcs.LG2025-07中稿 · the EDHPC 2025 Con…被引 2

为卫星资源受限硬件设计高效甲烷检测算法,实现百倍提速。

Optimizing Methane Detection On Board Satellites: Speed, Accuracy, and Low-Power Solutions for Resource-Constrained Hardware

  • 提出Mag1c-SAS等轻量级算法,大幅降低计算开销。
  • 在有限硬件上实现约100倍至230倍的加速,准确识别强甲烷羽流。
  • 适合需要实时处理的低功耗卫星任务,推动气候监测智能化。

甲烷是强效温室气体,通过高光谱卫星图像早期探测其泄漏有助于减缓气候变化。然而,许多现有任务仅支持人工调度,易错过关键事件。为克服下行速率限制,星上检测是可行方案。但传统甲烷增强方法计算复杂度高,不适用于资源受限的星载硬件。本文通过优化算法提升检测速度:测试了未用于甲烷检测的快速目标检测方法(ACE、CEM),并提出Mag1c-SAS——当前最优算法Mag1c的显著加速版本。结合U-Net、LinkNet等机器学习模型,验证其检测性能。结果表明,Mag1c-SAS与CEM均具备高精度和低延迟特性,分别实现约100倍和230倍于原Mag1c的加速,适合星上部署。此外,提出三种波段选择策略,其中一种在减少通道数的同时超越传统方法性能,进一步提升处理效率。研究为低硬件要求的星上甲烷检测奠定基础,提升数据响应时效性。代码、数据与模型已开源,详见https://github.com/zaitra/methane-filters-benchmark。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and detecting its leaks early via hyperspectral satellite imagery can help mitigate climate change. Meanwhile, many existing missions operate in manual tasking regimes only, thus missing potential events of interest. To overcome slow downlink rates cost-effectively, onboard detection is a viable solution. However, traditional methane enhancement methods are too computationally demanding for resource-limited onboard hardware. This work accelerates methane detection by focusing on efficient, low-power algorithms. We test fast target detection methods (ACE, CEM) that have not been previously used for methane detection and propose a Mag1c-SAS - a significantly faster variant of the current state-of-the-art algorithm for methane detection: Mag1c. To explore their true detection potential, we integrate them with a machine learning model (U-Net, LinkNet). Our results identify two promising candidates (Mag1c-SAS and CEM), both acceptably accurate for the detection of strong plumes and computationally efficient enough for onboard deployment: one optimized more for accuracy, the other more for speed, achieving up to ~100x and ~230x faster computation than original Mag1c on resource-limited hardware. Additionally, we propose and evaluate three band selection strategies. One of them can outperform the method traditionally used in the field while using fewer channels, leading to even faster processing without compromising accuracy. This research lays the foundation for future advancements in onboard methane detection with minimal hardware requirements, improving timely data delivery. The produced code, data, and models are open-sourced and can be accessed from https://github.com/zaitra/methane-filters-benchmark.

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