Four corners: The largest US methane anomaly viewed from space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6898-6903

  Kort, Eric A ^a   Frankenberg, Christian ^b   Costigan, Keeley R ^c   Lindenmaier, Rodica ^c,d   Dubey, Manvendra K ^c   Wunch, Debra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

fugitive emissions; methane; SCIAMACHY; TCCON

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COAL DEPOSITS; EARTH (PLANET); GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

COLUMN MEASUREMENTS; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; SCIAMACHY; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; TCCON; TRANSPORT MODELING;

METHANE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911092188     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061503     Document Type: Article

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