On the consistency between global and regional methane emissions inferred from SCIAMACHY, TANSO-FTS, IASI and surface measurements

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 577-592

  Cressot, C ^a   Chevallier, F ^a   Bousquet, P ^a   Crevoisier, C ^b   Dlugokencky, E J ^c   Fortems Cheiney, A ^a   Frankenberg, C ^d   Parker, R ^e   Pison, I ^a   Scheepmaker, R A ^f   Montzka, S A ^c   Krummel, P B ^g   Steele, L P ^g   Langenfelds, R L ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EMISSION; IASI; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY;

EID: 84892774161     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-577-2014     Document Type: Article

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