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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4637-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4637-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
| 
25 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 25 Mar 2021
| 25 Mar 2021
Global methane budget and trend, 2010–2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH4 ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Yuzhong Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Province, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced
Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
Joannes D. Maasakkers
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Melissa P. Sulprizio
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Lu Shen
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Tia R. Scarpelli
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Hannah Nesser
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Robert M. Yantosca
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Jianxiong Sheng
Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Arlyn Andrews
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth System Research
Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Robert J. Parker
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Earth Observation Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Hartmut Boesch
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Earth Observation Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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
Data sets
Multi-laboratory compilation of atmospheric methane data for the period 1957–2017 Cooperative Global Atmospheric Data Integration Project https://doi.org/10.25925/20190108
University of Leicester GOSAT Proxy XCH4 v9.0 R. and H. Boesch https://doi.org/10.5285/18ef8247f52a4cb6a14013f8235cc1eb
Short summary
We use an analytical solution to the Bayesian inverse problem to quantitatively compare and combine the information from satellite and in situ observations, and to estimate global methane budget and their trends over the 2010–2017 period. We find that satellite and in situ observations are to a large extent complementary in the inversion for estimating global methane budget, and reveal consistent corrections of regional anthropogenic and wetland methane emissions relative to the prior inventory.
We use an analytical solution to the Bayesian inverse problem to quantitatively compare and...
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