Inverse modelling of CH4 emissions for 2010-2011 using different satellite retrieval products from GOSAT and SCIAMACHY

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 113-133

  Alexe, M ^a   Bergamaschi, P ^a   Segers, A ^b   Detmers, R ^c   Butz, A ⁱ   Hasekamp, O ^c   Guerlet, S ^c   Parker, R ^d   Boesch, H ^d   Frankenberg, C ^e   Scheepmaker, R A ^c   Dlugokencky, E ^f   Sweeney, C ^f,g   Wofsy, S C ^h   Kort, E A ^j  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRCRAFT; DATA INVERSION; ENVISAT; GOSAT; METHANE; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCIAMACHY;

EAST AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84920843550     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-113-2015     Document Type: Article

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