Atmospheric methane and global change

DJ Wuebbles, K Hayhoe - Earth-Science Reviews, 2002 - Elsevier
Methane (CH4) is the most abundant organic trace gas in the atmosphere. In the distant
past, variations in natural sources of methane were responsible for trends in atmospheric …

What do we know about the global methane budget? Results from four decades of atmospheric CH4 observations and the way forward

X Lan, EG Nisbet… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Atmospheric CH4 is arguably the most interesting of the anthropogenically influenced, long-
lived greenhouse gases. It has a diverse suite of sources, each presenting its own …

Very strong atmospheric methane growth in the 4 years 2014–2017: Implications for the Paris Agreement

EG Nisbet, MR Manning… - Global …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric methane grew very rapidly in 2014 (12.7±0.5 ppb/year), 2015 (10.1±0.7
ppb/year), 2016 (7.0±0.7 ppb/year), and 2017 (7.7±0.7 ppb/year), at rates not observed …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in atmospheric methane concentrations since 1990 were driven and modified by anthropogenic emissions

RB Skeie, Ø Hodnebrog, G Myhre - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
The atmospheric methane trend is not fully understood. Here we investigate the role of the
main sink, the main natural source, and anthropogenic emissions on the methane growth …

Ambiguity in the causes for decadal trends in atmospheric methane and hydroxyl

AJ Turner, C Frankenberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Methane is the second strongest anthropogenic greenhouse gas and its atmospheric
burden has more than doubled since 1850. Methane concentrations stabilized in the early …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating emissions of methane consistent with atmospheric measurements of methane and C of methane

S Basu, X Lan, E Dlugokencky, S Michel… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - acp.copernicus.org
We have constructed an atmospheric inversion framework based on TM5-4DVAR to jointly
assimilate measurements of methane and δ 13 C of methane in order to estimate source …

Three‐dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle

I Fung, J John, J Lerner, E Matthews… - Journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
The geographic and seasonal emission distributions of the major sources and sinks of
atmospheric methane were compiled using methane flux measurements and energy and …

Atmospheric methane between 1000 AD and present: Evidence of anthropogenic emissions and climatic variability

DM Etheridge, LP Steele, RJ Francey… - Journal of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric methane mixing ratios from 1000 AD to present are measured in three Antarctic
ice cores, two Greenland ice cores, the Antarctic firn layer, and archived air from Tasmania …

An inverse modeling approach to investigate the global atmospheric methane cycle

R Hein, PJ Crutzen, M Heimann - Global Biogeochemical …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Estimates of the global magnitude of atmospheric methane sources are currently mainly
based on direct flux measurements in source regions. Their extrapolation to the entire globe …

The isotopic composition of atmospheric methane

P Quay, J Stutsman, D Wilbur, A Snover… - Global …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of the 13C/12C, D/H and 14C composition of atmospheric methane (CH4)
between 1988 and 1995 are presented. The 13C/12C measurements represent the first …