Articles | Volume 26, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-14981-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-14981-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Assessment of methane emissions from European countries using satellite and surface observations
Shuai Sun
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
Yuzhong Zhang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
Shaomin Pan
College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
Key Laboratory of Coastal Environment and Resources of Zhejiang Province, School of Engineering, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310030, China
Institute of Advanced Technology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310024, China
Dongchuan Pu
Research Institute for Smart Cities, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Huilin Chen
Joint International Research Laboratory of Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
Sander Houweling
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
SRON, Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
Model code and software
geoschem/geos-chem: GEOS-Chem 12.9.3 (12.9.3) The International GEOS-Chem User Community https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3974569
Short summary
This study estimates methane emissions across Europe from 2019 to 2023 using atmospheric methane measurements from satellites and ground stations to improve understanding of emission sources. We find that total emissions are slightly higher than official reports, mainly due to livestock and waste, while emissions from fossil fuel production are lower in some regions. These results show that atmospheric measurements can improve independent verification of emissions and support climate policy.
This study estimates methane emissions across Europe from 2019 to 2023 using atmospheric methane...
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