Articles | Volume 26, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-12295-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-12295-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
High-resolution inversion of methane emissions over Europe using the Community Inversion Framework and FLEXPART
Anteneh Getachew Mengistu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Aki Tsuruta
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Antoine Berchet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Rona Thompson
Norsk Institutt for Luftforskning (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
Maria Tenkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Hannakaisa Lindqvist
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Tiina Markkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Antti Leppänen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Antti Laitinen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Adrien Martinez
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Audrey Fortems-Cheiney
Science Partners, Quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris, France
Lena Höglund-Isaksson
Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program (AIR), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tuula Aalto
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Model code and software
The Community Inversion Framework: codes and documentation A. Berchet et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5045730
Short summary
Our manuscript presents a six-year, high-resolution inversion of European methane emissions using the Community Inversion Framework and FLEXPART. Leveraging an expanded in situ network, we reconcile inventories with observations, reveal regional biases, refine European methane budgets, and highlight the dominance of agricultural emissions. Results provide policy-relevant insights for mitigation and inventory verification.
Our manuscript presents a six-year, high-resolution inversion of European methane emissions...
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