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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4325-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-4325-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
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25 Sep 2024
Review article |
| 25 Sep 2024
| 25 Sep 2024
Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters
Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Glen P. Peters
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
Richard Engelen
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Sander Houweling
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Dominik Brunner
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Aki Tsuruta
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Bradley Matthews
Climate Change Mitigation and Emission Inventories, Umweltbundesamt GmbH, 1090, Vienna, Austria
Prabir K. Patra
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto 6038047, Japan
Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC, Yokohama 2360001, Japan
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, 1–33 Yayoicho, Inage Ward, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Dmitry Belikov
Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, 1–33 Yayoicho, Inage Ward, Chiba, 263-8522, Japan
Rona L. Thompson
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
Lena Höglund-Isaksson
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), 2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Wenxin Zhang
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
Arjo J. Segers
Department of Climate, Air and Sustainability, TNO, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
Giuseppe Etiope
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma 2, via V. Murata 605, Rome, Italy
Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Giancarlo Ciotoli
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria, Via Salaria km 29300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma 2, via V. Murata 605, Rome, Italy
Philippe Peylin
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Frédéric Chevallier
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Tuula Aalto
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Robbie M. Andrew
CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway
David Bastviken
Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Antoine Berchet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Grégoire Broquet
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Giulia Conchedda
Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153 Rome, Italy
Stijn N. C. Dellaert
Department of Air Quality and Emissions Research, TNO, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Hugo Denier van der Gon
Department of Air Quality and Emissions Research, TNO, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Johannes Gütschow
Climate Resource, Northcote, Australia
Jean-Matthieu Haussaire
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Ronny Lauerwald
Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR ECOSYS, 9120 Palaiseau, France
Tiina Markkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Jacob C. A. van Peet
Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Isabelle Pison
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Pierre Regnier
Biogeochemistry and Modeling of the Earth System, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Espen Solum
Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU), Kjeller, Norway
Marko Scholze
Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden
Maria Tenkanen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
Francesco N. Tubiello
Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 00153 Rome, Italy
Guido R. van der Werf
Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
John R. Worden
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Third version Zenodo data files update A. M. R. Petrescu et al https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12818506
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This study provides an overview of data availability from observation- and inventory-based CH4 emission estimates. It systematically compares them and provides recommendations for robust comparisons, aiming to steadily engage more parties in using observational methods to complement their UNFCCC submissions. Anticipating improvements in atmospheric modelling and observations, future developments need to resolve knowledge gaps in both approaches and to better quantify remaining uncertainty.
This study provides an overview of data availability from observation- and inventory-based CH4...
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