Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6457-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-6457-2023
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13 Jun 2023
Research article |  | 13 Jun 2023

Estimating methane emissions in the Arctic nations using surface observations from 2008 to 2019

Sophie Wittig, Antoine Berchet, Isabelle Pison, Marielle Saunois, Joël Thanwerdas, Adrien Martinez, Jean-Daniel Paris, Toshinobu Machida, Motoki Sasakawa, Douglas E. J. Worthy, Xin Lan, Rona L. Thompson, Espen Sollum, and Mikhail Arshinov

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