Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions

DJ Jacob, AJ Turner, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Methane is a greenhouse gas emitted by a range of natural and anthropogenic sources.
Atmospheric methane has been measured continuously from space since 2003, and new …

The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC): history, status and perspectives

M De Mazière, AM Thompson, MJ Kurylo… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) is an
international global network of more than 90 stations making high-quality measurements of …

TransCom model simulations of CH4 and related species: linking transport, surface flux and chemical loss with CH4 variability in the troposphere and lower …

PK Patra, S Houweling, M Krol… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
A chemistry-transport model (CTM) intercomparison experiment (TransCom-CH 4) has been
designed to investigate the roles of surface emissions, transport and chemical loss in …

Inverse modeling of global and regional CH4 emissions using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals

P Bergamaschi, C Frankenberg… - Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Methane retrievals from the Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric
Chartography (SCIAMACHY) instrument onboard ENVISAT provide important information on …

Vertical structure of stratospheric water vapour trends derived from merged satellite data

MI Hegglin, DA Plummer, TG Shepherd… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Stratospheric water vapour is a powerful greenhouse gas. The longest available record from
balloon observations over Boulder, Colorado, USA shows increases in stratospheric water …

Satellite based remote sensing of weather and climate: recent achievements and future perspectives

B Thies, J Bendix - Meteorological Applications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Spaceborne remote sensing provides valuable information about the state of the Earth‐
atmosphere system and its components in an area‐wide and continuous manner. Over the …

Methane plume over south Asia during the monsoon season: satellite observation and model simulation

X **ong, S Houweling, J Wei, E Maddy… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Satellite retrievals of methane (CH 4) using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the
EOS/Aqua platform from 2003–2007 show a strong, plume-like enhancement of CH 4 in the …

Characterization of methane retrievals from the IASI space-borne sounder

A Razavi, C Clerbaux, C Wespes… - Atmospheric …, 2009 - acp.copernicus.org
Although the global methane (CH 4) concentration has more than doubled since pre-
industrial times, local emission sources are still poorly identified and quantified. Instruments …

Historical trend of ozone-depleting substances and hydrofluorocarbon concentrations during 2004–2020 derived from satellite observations and estimates for global …

A Chen, D Chen, X Hu, CM Harth, D Young… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global concentrations (or mole fractions) and emissions of ozone-depleting substances
(ODSs) and their hydrofluorocarbon (HFCs) substitutes that are controlled by the Montreal …

The methane isotopologues by solar occultation (miso) nanosatellite mission: spectral channel optimization and early performance analysis

D Weidmann, A Hoffmann, N Macleod, K Middleton… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
MISO is an in-orbit demonstration mission that focuses on improving the representation of
the methane distribution throughout the upper troposphere and stratosphere, to complement …