Quantifying methane emissions from the global scale down to point sources using satellite observations of atmospheric methane

DJ Jacob, DJ Varon, DH Cusworth… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We review the capability of current and scheduled satellite observations of atmospheric
methane in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) to quantify methane emissions from the global …

Observed changes in China's methane emissions linked to policy drivers

Y Zhang, S Fang, J Chen, Y Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
China is set to actively reduce its methane emissions in the coming decade. A
comprehensive evaluation of the current situation can provide a reference point for tracking …

Tropical methane emissions explain large fraction of recent changes in global atmospheric methane growth rate

L Feng, PI Palmer, S Zhu, RJ Parker, Y Liu - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Large variations in the growth of atmospheric methane, a prominent greenhouse gas, are
driven by a diverse range of anthropogenic and natural emissions and by loss from …

[HTML][HTML] Satellite quantification of oil and natural gas methane emissions in the US and Canada including contributions from individual basins

L Shen, R Gautam, M Omara… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We use satellite methane observations from the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI), for May 2018 to February 2020, to quantify methane emissions from individual …

Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations

Z Chen, DJ Jacob, H Nesser… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We quantify methane emissions in China and the contributions from different sectors by
inverse analysis of 2019 TROPOMI satellite observations of atmospheric methane. The …

[HTML][HTML] Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments

Z Qu, DJ Jacob, L Shen, X Lu, Y Zhang… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We evaluate the global atmospheric methane column retrievals from the new TROPOMI
satellite instrument and apply them to a global inversion of methane sources for 2019 at 2∘× …

Observation-derived 2010-2019 trends in methane emissions and intensities from US oil and gas fields tied to activity metrics

X Lu, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang, L Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The United States is the world's largest oil/gas methane emitter according to current national
reports. Reducing these emissions is a top priority in the US government's climate action …

[HTML][HTML] Attribution of the accelerating increase in atmospheric methane during 2010–2018 by inverse analysis of GOSAT observations

Y Zhang, DJ Jacob, X Lu, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We conduct a global inverse analysis of 2010–2018 GOSAT observations to better
understand the factors controlling atmospheric methane and its accelerating increase over …

[HTML][HTML] Seamless mapping of long-term (2010–2020) daily global XCO and XCH from the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT), Orbiting Carbon …

Y Wang, Q Yuan, T Li, Y Yang, S Zhou… - Earth System Science …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Precise and continuous monitoring of long-term carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4)
over the globe is of great importance, which can help study global warming and achieve the …

[HTML][HTML] Global methane budget and trend, 2010–2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) …

X Lu, DJ Jacob, Y Zhang, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We use satellite (GOSAT) and in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH4 ObsPack) observations of
atmospheric methane in a joint global inversion of methane sources, sinks, and trends for …