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Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-2947-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-2947-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 5
Research article
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11 Mar 2025
Research article |  | 11 Mar 2025

What can we learn about tropospheric OH from satellite observations of methane?

Elise Penn, Daniel J. Jacob, Zichong Chen, James D. East, Melissa P. Sulprizio, Lori Bruhwiler, Joannes D. Maasakkers, Hannah Nesser, Zhen Qu, Yuzhong Zhang, and John Worden

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The hydroxyl radical (OH) destroys many air pollutants, including methane. Global-mean OH cannot be directly measured, and thus it is inferred with the methyl chloroform (MCF) proxy. MCF is decreasing, and a replacement is needed. We use satellite observations of methane in two spectral ranges as a proxy for OH. We find shortwave infrared observations can characterize yearly OH and its seasonality but not the latitudinal distribution. Thermal infrared observations add little information.
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