Atmospheric remote sensing for anthropogenic methane emissions: Applications and research opportunities

S Zhang, J Ma, X Zhang, C Guo - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane is the second most significant greenhouse gas (GHG) only after carbon dioxide.
Human activities substantially increase the atmospheric methane concentration globally, but …

MERLIN: A French-German space lidar mission dedicated to atmospheric methane

G Ehret, P Bousquet, C Pierangelo, M Alpers, B Millet… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
The MEthane Remote sensing Lidar missioN (MERLIN) aims at demonstrating the
spaceborne active measurement of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, based …

Carbon dioxide and methane measurements from the Los Angeles Megacity Carbon Project–Part 1: calibration, urban enhancements, and uncertainty estimates

KR Verhulst, A Karion, J Kim… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
We report continuous surface observations of carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4)
from the Los Angeles (LA) Megacity Carbon Project during 2015. We devised a calibration …

Methane emissions from animal agriculture: Micrometeorological solutions for challenging measurement situations

J Laubach, TK Flesch, C Ammann, M Bai, Z Gao… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane (CH 4) is the second-most important greenhouse gas in terms of its total
contribution to global warming, and animal agriculture accounts for a significant share of its …

[HTML][HTML] MUCCnet: Munich urban carbon column network

F Dietrich, J Chen, B Voggenreiter… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
In order to mitigate climate change, it is crucial to understand urban greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions precisely, as more than two-thirds of the anthropogenic GHG emissions …

Differential column measurements using compact solar-tracking spectrometers

J Chen, C Viatte, JK Hedelius, T Jones… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
We demonstrate the use of compact solar-tracking Fourier transform spectrometers (Bruker
EM27/SUN) for differential measurements of the column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of …

[HTML][HTML] Improved calibration procedures for the EM27/SUN spectrometers of the COllaborative Carbon Column Observing Network (COCCON)

C Alberti, F Hase, M Frey, D Dubravica… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
In this study, an extension on the previously reported status of the COllaborative Carbon
Column Observing Network's (COCCON) calibration procedures incorporating refined …

[HTML][HTML] Emission Monitoring Mobile Experiment (EMME): an overview and first results of the St. Petersburg megacity campaign 2019

MV Makarova, C Alberti, DV Ionov… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - amt.copernicus.org
Global climate change is one of the most important scientific, societal and economic
contemporary challenges. Fundamental understanding of the major processes driving …

Southern California megacity CO2, CH4, and CO flux estimates using ground- and space-based remote sensing and a Lagrangian model

JK Hedelius, J Liu, T Oda, S Maksyutov… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
We estimate the overall CO 2, CH 4, and CO flux from the South Coast Air Basin using an
inversion that couples Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) and Orbiting …

Investigation of the spatial distribution of methane sources in the greater Toronto area using mobile gas monitoring systems

S Ars, F Vogel, C Arrowsmith, S Heerah… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
For methane emission reduction strategies in urban areas to be effective, large emitters must
be identified. Recent studies in US cities have highlighted the contribution of methane …