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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5261-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5261-2024
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06 Sep 2024
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2024

Current potential of CH4 emission estimates using TROPOMI in the Middle East

Mengyao Liu, Ronald van der A, Michiel van Weele, Lotte Bryan, Henk Eskes, Pepijn Veefkind, Yongxue Liu, Xiaojuan Lin, Jos de Laat, and Jieying Ding

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A new divergence method was developed and applied to estimate methane emissions from TROPOMI observations over the Middle East, where it is typically challenging for a satellite to measure methane due to its complicated orography and surface albedo. Our results show the potential of TROPOMI to quantify methane emissions from various sources rather than big emitters from space after objectively excluding the artifacts in the retrieval.
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