[HTML][HTML] Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments

Z Qu, DJ Jacob, L Shen, X Lu, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We evaluate the global atmospheric methane column retrievals from the new TROPOMI
satellite instrument and apply them to a global inversion of methane sources for 2019 at 2∘× …

[HTML][HTML] Attribution of the accelerating increase in atmospheric methane during 2010–2018 by inverse analysis of GOSAT observations

Y Zhang, DJ Jacob, X Lu, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We conduct a global inverse analysis of 2010–2018 GOSAT observations to better
understand the factors controlling atmospheric methane and its accelerating increase over …

[HTML][HTML] Methane emissions in the United States, Canada, and Mexico: evaluation of national methane emission inventories and 2010–2017 sectoral trends by inverse …

X Lu, DJ Jacob, H Wang, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We quantify methane emissions and their 2010–2017 trends by sector in the contiguous
United States (CONUS), Canada, and Mexico by inverse analysis of in situ …

Large methane emission fluxes observed from tropical wetlands in Zambia

JT Shaw, G Allen, P Barker, JR Pitt… - Global …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas with a warming potential 84 times that of carbon
dioxide (CO2) over a 20‐year period. Atmospheric CH4 concentrations have been rising …

Challenges regionalizing methane emissions using aquatic environments in the Amazon basin as examples

JM Melack, LS Basso, AS Fleischmann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Key challenges to regionalization of methane fluxes in the Amazon basin are the large
seasonal variation in inundated areas and habitats, the wide variety of aquatic ecosystems …

Rain-fed pulses of methane from East Africa during 2018–2019 contributed to atmospheric growth rate

MF Lunt, PI Palmer, A Lorente, T Borsdorff… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
East Africa is a key location for wetland emissions of methane (CH 4), driven by variations in
rainfall that are in turn influenced by sea-surface temperature gradients over the Indian …

A high-resolution satellite-based map of global methane emissions reveals missing wetland, fossil fuel, and monsoon sources

X Yu, DB Millet, DK Henze, AJ Turner… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
We interpret space-borne observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI) in a multi-inversion framework to characterize the 2018–2019 global methane …

Satellite data reveal how Sudd wetland dynamics are linked with globally-significant methane emissions

A Hardy, PI Palmer, G Oakes - Environmental Research Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent work has highlighted the large role of methane emissions from the Sudd wetland
and surrounding ecosystems on the global atmospheric growth rate of methane since 2010 …

[HTML][HTML] Large and increasing methane emissions from eastern Amazonia derived from satellite data, 2010–2018

C Wilson, MP Chipperfield, M Gloor… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We use a global inverse model, satellite data and flask measurements to estimate methane
(CH 4) emissions from South America, Brazil and the basin of the Amazon River for the …

Improving representation of tropical wetland methane emissions with CYGNSS inundation maps

C Gerlein‐Safdi, AA Bloom, G Plant… - Global …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wetlands are the single largest source of methane to the atmosphere and their emissions
are expected to respond to a changing climate. Inaccuracy and uncertainty in inundation …