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

Jacob, Daniel J.; Turner, Alexander J.; Maasakkers, Joannes D.; Sheng, Jianxiong; Sun, Kang; Liu, Xiong; Chance, Kelly; Aben, Ilse; McKeever, Jason; Frankenberg, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14371-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14371-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-14371-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 22

Review article

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18 Nov 2016

Review article |

| 18 Nov 2016

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

Daniel J. Jacob, Alexander J. Turner, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Jianxiong Sheng, Kang Sun, Xiong Liu, Kelly Chance, Ilse Aben, Jason McKeever, and Christian Frankenberg

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SC1: 'G3E Paper (AMT 2015)', Johannes Orphal, 30 Jun 2016
- SC2: 'Reply to 'G3E paper (AMT 2015)'', Daniel Jacob, 01 Jul 2016
RC1: 'Review of acp-2016-555', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Review of paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Aug 2016
AC1: 'response to reviewers', Daniel Jacob, 31 Oct 2016

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ED: Publish as is (31 Oct 2016) by Bryan N. Duncan

AR by Daniel Jacob on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2016)

Short summary

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 instruments are planned to launch in the near future that will greatly expand the capabilities of space-based observations. We review the value of current, future, and proposed satellite observations to better quantify methane emissions from the global scale down to the scale of point sources.