Methane emissions in Africa;
Annual mean CH4 surface emission estimates derived from TROPOMI observations of XCH4 columns.
Methane emissions derived from TROPOMI observations
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Download CH4 emission data README
Data Version and Issues
This is the first version of the gridded CH4 emssion product for Africa. Users are advised to first consult
the README file.
References
- Mengyao Liu, Ronald van der A, Michiel van Weele, Henk Eskes, Xiao Lu, Pepijn Veefkind, Jos de Laat, Hao Kong, Jingxu Wang, Jiyunting Sun, Jieying Ding, Yuanhong Zhao, Hongjian Weng, A New Divergence Method to Quantify Methane Emissions Using Observations of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI,
Geophysical Research Letters, 48, issue 18, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094151, 2021
- Veefkind, J. P., Serrano-Calvo, R., de Gouw, J., Dix, B., Schneising, O., Buchwitz, M., Barre, J., van der A, R.J., Liu, M., Levelt, P.F., Widespread frequent methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the Permian basin.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037479. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037479, 2023
Data provider
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
• contact person: Mengyao Liu
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