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08 Jul 2022
Research article |
| 08 Jul 2022
| 08 Jul 2022
On the influence of underlying elevation data on Sentinel-5 Precursor TROPOMI satellite methane retrievals over Greenland
Jonas Hachmeister
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
Oliver Schneising
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
Michael Buchwitz
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
Alba Lorente
Netherlands Institute for Space Research, SRON, Leiden, the Netherlands
Tobias Borsdorff
Netherlands Institute for Space Research, SRON, Leiden, the Netherlands
John P. Burrows
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
Justus Notholt
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
Matthias Buschmann
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen FB1, Bremen, Germany
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- Spaceborne Observations of Lightning NO2 in the Arctic X. Zhang et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07988
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- Evaluation of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI Methane Observations at Northern High Latitudes H. Lindqvist et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16162979
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- Recent advances in TROPOMI-based methane source detection: a systematic review R. Liu et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2026.2650822
- Zonal variability of methane trends derived from satellite data J. Hachmeister et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-577-2024
- Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI 1.0): a user-friendly, cloud-based facility for inferring high-resolution methane emissions from TROPOMI satellite observations D. Varon et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5787-2022
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- Validation and Analysis of the ICESat-2 ATL11 Product: A Case Study of Lake Vostok Y. Gu et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/01490419.2024.2416661
- Environmental drivers constraining the seasonal variability in satellite-observed and modelled methane at northern high latitudes E. Kivimäki et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-5193-2025
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Sentinel-5P trace gas retrievals rely on elevation data in their calculations. Outdated or inaccurate data can lead to significant errors in e.g. dry-air mole fractions of methane (XCH4). We show that the use of inadequate elevation data leads to strong XCH4 anomalies in Greenland. Similar problems can be expected for other regions with inaccurate elevation data. However, we expect these to be more localized. We show that updating elevation data used in the retrieval solves this issue.
Sentinel-5P trace gas retrievals rely on elevation data in their calculations. Outdated or...
