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Research article
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10 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 10 Mar 2021
Attribution of the accelerating increase in atmospheric methane during 2010–2018 by inverse analysis of GOSAT observations
Yuzhong Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang
Province (KLaCER), School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou,
Zhejiang, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced
Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Joannes D. Maasakkers
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Tia R. Scarpelli
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jian-Xiong Sheng
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Lu Shen
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Melissa P. Sulprizio
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jinfeng Chang
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
A. Anthony Bloom
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Shuang Ma
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
John Worden
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, USA
Robert J. Parker
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Earth Observation Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Hartmut Boesch
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Earth Observation Science, School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Short summary
We use 2010–2018 satellite observations of atmospheric methane to interpret the factors controlling atmospheric methane and its accelerating increase during the period. The 2010–2018 increase in global methane emissions is driven by tropical and boreal wetlands and tropical livestock (South Asia, Africa, Brazil), with an insignificant positive trend in emissions from the fossil fuel sector. The peak methane growth rates in 2014–2015 are also contributed by low OH and high fire emissions.
We use 2010–2018 satellite observations of atmospheric methane to interpret the factors...
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