Mapping of North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution by inversion of SCIAMACHY satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7741-7756

  Wecht, Kevin J ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Frankenberg, Christian ^b   Jiang, Zhe ^b   Blake, Donald R ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SPECTROMETERS;

CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; GODDARD EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL ALGORITHM; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INVERSION; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER FOR ATMOSPHERIC CHARTOGRAPHY;

METHANE;

EID: 84904732162     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021551     Document Type: Article

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