Methane concentrations over Monsoon Asia as observed by SCIAMACHY: Signals of methane emission from rice cultivation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 139, Issue , 2013, Pages 246-256

  Hayashida, S ^a   Ono, A ^a   Yoshizaki, S ^a,e   Frankenberg, C ^b   Takeuchi, W ^c   Yan, X ^d  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e Sanno Grand Bldg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Methane; Monsoon Asia; Rice paddies; SCIAMACHY

Indexed keywords

EMISSION INVENTORIES; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; MONSOON ASIA; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; RICE PADDY; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY; SCIAMACHY;

CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METHANE; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; METHANE; MONSOON; NDVI; PADDY FIELD; RICE; SCIAMACHY; SEASONALITY; SIGNAL;

GANGES BASIN; MYANMAR; THAILAND;

EID: 84883523076     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.08.008     Document Type: Article

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