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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8615-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-8615-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
On the use of satellite-derived CH4 : CO2 columns in a joint inversion of CH4 and CO2 fluxes
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
S. Houweling
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
I. Aben
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
T. Röckmann
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties R. Parker et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4785-2015
- Monitoring global tropospheric OH concentrations using satellite observations of atmospheric methane Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15959-2018
- Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions D. Jacob et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14371-2016
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- A Coupled CH4, CO and CO2 Simulation for Improved Chemical Source Modeling B. Bukosa et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050764
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- CH4 concentrations over the Amazon from GOSAT consistent with in situ vertical profile data A. Webb et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025263
- Inverse modelling of carbonyl sulfide: implementation, evaluation and implications for the global budget J. Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3507-2021
- Assessing 5 years of GOSAT Proxy XCH4 data and associated uncertainties R. Parker et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4785-2015
- Monitoring global tropospheric OH concentrations using satellite observations of atmospheric methane Y. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-15959-2018
- Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions D. Jacob et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14371-2016
- The global methane budget 2000–2012 M. Saunois et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-8-697-2016
- A Coupled CH4, CO and CO2 Simulation for Improved Chemical Source Modeling B. Bukosa et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14050764
- Global inverse modeling of CH4 sources and sinks: an overview of methods S. Houweling et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-235-2017
- Inverse modeling of GOSAT-retrieved ratios of total column CH4 and CO2 for 2009 and 2010 S. Pandey et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5043-2016
- Multi-species inversion and IAGOS airborne data for a better constraint of continental-scale fluxes F. Boschetti et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-9225-2018
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This study attempts to determine the feasibility of a new assimilation method of satellite measurements of CH4 and CO2 for optimization of their surface fluxes in a synthetic environment. Instead of their absolute concentrations, we assimilate the ratios of their concentrations (CH4/CO2) in our inversion. Doing so helps us to reduce the effect of atmospheric scattering on the measurements in our system. However, assimilation of the ratios makes the inversion non-linear.
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