Articles | Volume 14, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8173-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8173-2014
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14 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 14 Aug 2014

Spatially resolving methane emissions in California: constraints from the CalNex aircraft campaign and from present (GOSAT, TES) and future (TROPOMI, geostationary) satellite observations

K. J. Wecht, D. J. Jacob, M. P. Sulprizio, G. W. Santoni, S. C. Wofsy, R. Parker, H. Bösch, and J. Worden

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