Satellite and in situ observations for advancing global Earth surface modelling: A review

G Balsamo, A Agusti-Parareda, C Albergel, G Arduini… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we review the use of satellite-based remote sensing in combination with in situ
data to inform Earth surface modelling. This involves verification and optimization methods …

Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions

DJ Jacob, AJ Turner, JD Maasakkers… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
Methane is a greenhouse gas emitted by a range of natural and anthropogenic sources.
Atmospheric methane has been measured continuously from space since 2003, and new …

A high-resolution satellite-based map of global methane emissions reveals missing wetland, fossil fuel, and monsoon sources

X Yu, DB Millet, DK Henze, AJ Turner… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
We interpret space-borne observations from the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
(TROPOMI) in a multi-inversion framework to characterize the 2018–2019 global methane …

Constraining sector-specific CO2 and CH4 emissions in the US

SM Miller, AM Michalak - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
This review paper explores recent efforts to estimate state-and national-scale carbon dioxide
(CO 2) and methane (CH 4) emissions from individual anthropogenic source sectors in the …

Detecting high-emitting methane sources in oil/gas fields using satellite observations

DH Cusworth, DJ Jacob, JX Sheng… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Methane emissions from oil/gas fields originate from a large number of relatively small and
densely clustered point sources. A small fraction of high-mode emitters can make a large …

[HTML][HTML] How well can inverse analyses of high-resolution satellite data resolve heterogeneous methane fluxes? Observing system simulation experiments with the …

X Yu, DB Millet, DK Henze - Geoscientific Model Development, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
We perform observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) with the GEOS-Chem adjoint
model to test how well methane emissions over North America can be resolved using …

An algorithm for hyperspectral remote sensing of aerosols: 3. Application to the GEO-TASO data in KORUS-AQ field campaign

W Hou, J Wang, X Xu, JS Reid, SJ Janz… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper describes the third part of a series of investigations to develop algorithms for
simultaneous retrieval of aerosol parameters and surface spectral reflectance from …

Assessing the capability of different satellite observing configurations to resolve the distribution of methane emissions at kilometer scales

AJ Turner, DJ Jacob, J Benmergui… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Anthropogenic methane emissions originate from a large number of fine-scale and often
transient point sources. Satellite observations of atmospheric methane columns are an …

Top‐down estimate of methane emissions in California using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: The San Joaquin Valley

YY Cui, J Brioude, WM Angevine… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We quantify methane (CH4) emissions in California's San Joaquin Valley (SJV) by using 4
days of aircraft measurements from a field campaign during May–June 2010 together with a …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing model errors in chemical transport modeling of methane: using GOSAT XCH data with weak-constraint four-dimensional variational data …

I Stanevich, DBA Jones, K Strong… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
We examined biases in the global GEOS-Chem chemical transport model for the period of
February–May 2010 using weak-constraint (WC) four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data …