Satellite-based global monitoring of urban-scale methane emissions

Long, Huihui; Tsivlidou, Maria; Ricketts, Hugo; Allen, Grant

doi:10.5194/amt-19-6171-2026

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29 Sep 2026

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Satellite-based global monitoring of urban-scale methane emissions

Huihui Long, Maria Tsivlidou, Hugo Ricketts, and Grant Allen

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