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Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-1931-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-1931-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 3
Research article
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06 Feb 2026
Research article |  | 06 Feb 2026

How can we trust TROPOMI based methane emissions estimation: calculating emissions over unidentified source regions

Bo Zheng, Jason Blake Cohen, Lingxiao Lu, Wei Hu, Pravash Tiwari, Simone Lolli, Andrea Garzelli, Hui Su, and Kai Qin

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This study provides TROPOMI (TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument) with a new methane emission estimation method that can accurately identify emission sources. Our results generate non-negative emission datasets using objective selection and filtering methods. The results include lower minimum emission thresholds for all power grids and fewer false positives. The new method provides more robust emission quantification in the face of data uncertainty, going beyond traditional plume identification and background subtraction.
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