Methane fluxes in the high northern latitudes for 2005–2013 estimated using a Bayesian atmospheric inversion

Thompson, Rona L.; Sasakawa, Motoki; Machida, Toshinobu; Aalto, Tuula; Worthy, Doug; Lavric, Jost V.; Lund Myhre, Cathrine; Stohl, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3553-2017

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3553-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-3553-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

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14 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 14 Mar 2017

Methane fluxes in the high northern latitudes for 2005–2013 estimated using a Bayesian atmospheric inversion

Rona L. Thompson, Motoki Sasakawa, Toshinobu Machida, Tuula Aalto, Doug Worthy, Jost V. Lavric, Cathrine Lund Myhre, and Andreas Stohl

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RC1: 'Referee report', Anonymous Referee #1, 26 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer 1', Rona Thompson, 10 Jan 2017
RC2: 'A well-written and relevant study, some minor improvements suggested', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Rona Thompson, 10 Jan 2017

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ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (30 Jan 2017) by Patrick Jöckel

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Methane (CH₄) fluxes were estimated for the high northern latitudes for 2005–2013 based on observations of atmospheric CH₄ mixing ratios. Methane fluxes were found to be higher than prior estimates in northern Eurasia and Canada, especially in the Western Siberian Lowlands and the Canadian province Alberta. Significant inter-annual variations in the fluxes were found as well as a small positive trend. In Canada, the trend may be related to an increase in soil temperature over the study period.