Global column-averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Frankenberg, C ^a,b   Aben, I ^a   Bergamaschi, P ^c   Dlugokencky, E J ^d   Van Hees, R ^a   Houweling, S ^a,e   Van Der Meer, P ^a   Snel, R ^a   Tol, P ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DEGRADATION; DETECTORS; MAPPING; MAPS; METHANATION; PIXELS; SPECTROMETERS; TIME SERIES;

ABSORPTION BAND; ALGERIA; ATMOSPHERIC CARTOGRAPHY; AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; ENVISAT; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED DATA; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IN-SITU DATA; LOCALIZED FEATURES; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MIXING RATIOS; REGIONAL SCALE; RETRIEVAL QUALITY; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER; SCIAMACHY MEASUREMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; SPACE-BASED; TIME-PERIODS;

METHANE;

DATA SET; ENVISAT-1; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ALGERIA; AUSTRALIA; RED BASIN [ASIA]; SAHARA; SOUTH AMERICA; SUDAN;

EID: 79951893974     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014849     Document Type: Article

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