Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7049-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-7049-2015
Research article
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30 Jun 2015
Research article |  | 30 Jun 2015

Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data

A. J. Turner, D. J. Jacob, K. J. Wecht, J. D. Maasakkers, E. Lundgren, A. E. Andrews, S. C. Biraud, H. Boesch, K. W. Bowman, N. M. Deutscher, M. K. Dubey, D. W. T. Griffith, F. Hase, A. Kuze, J. Notholt, H. Ohyama, R. Parker, V. H. Payne, R. Sussmann, C. Sweeney, V. A. Velazco, T. Warneke, P. O. Wennberg, and D. Wunch

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