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26 Aug 2022
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Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations
Zichong Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Hannah Nesser
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Melissa P. Sulprizio
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Alba Lorente
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
Daniel J. Varon
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai,
Guangdong, China
Lu Shen
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics,
Peking University, Beijing, China
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Elise Penn
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, USA
Xueying Yu
Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA
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We quantify methane emissions in China and contributions from different sectors by inverse analysis of 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane. We find that anthropogenic methane emissions for China are underestimated in the national inventory. Our estimate of emissions indicates a small life-cycle loss rate, implying net climate benefits from the current
coal-to-gasenergy transition in China. However, this small loss rate can be misleading given China's high gas imports.
We quantify methane emissions in China and contributions from different sectors by inverse...
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