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Using new estimates of methane emissions over Europe to assess how proposed space-borne laser instruments will advance our scientific understanding of methane surface fluxes

Weaver, C.J. and Kiemle, Christoph and Riris, Haris and Kawa, S. R. (2012) Using new estimates of methane emissions over Europe to assess how proposed space-borne laser instruments will advance our scientific understanding of methane surface fluxes. AGU 2012, 2012-12-03 - 2012-12-07, San Francisco, USA.

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Abstract

Laser instruments designed to measure methane from air- and space-borne platforms are being developed at DLR (MERLIN) and at NASA (GSFC Methane Sounder). Designing these instrument with sufficient accuracy to advance our understanding of emission source strengths and locations is crucial. Here we present a model simulation of methane used to test the potential of laser measurements to improve methane source/sink estimates. Our approach uses the FLEXPART lagrangian particle transport model, a global chemistry transport model, and hourly methane measurements from ground-based stations in Europe. We retrieve slowly varying (15 days) source strengths from European wetlands and anthropogenic emission regions from 2008-2011. A by-product of our model is tropospheric methane column amounts, which can be displayed in a movie format as methane weather. We will examine the seasonal horizontal spatial variability in the methane fields and compare with the current proposed accuracy and precision specifications of the laser instrument design.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/79486/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:Using new estimates of methane emissions over Europe to assess how proposed space-borne laser instruments will advance our scientific understanding of methane surface fluxes
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Weaver, C.J.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD, USAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kiemle, ChristophDLR-IPAUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Riris, HarisNASA GoddardUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kawa, S. R.NASA GoddardUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date:5 December 2012
Refereed publication:Yes
Open Access:Yes
Gold Open Access:Yes
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Status:Published
Keywords:Remote sensing, Trace gases
Event Title:AGU 2012
Event Location:San Francisco, USA
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:3 December 2012
Event End Date:7 December 2012
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport
HGF - Program:Space
HGF - Program Themes:Earth Observation
DLR - Research area:Raumfahrt
DLR - Program:R EO - Earth Observation
DLR - Research theme (Project):R - LIDAR research and development
Location: Oberpfaffenhofen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Atmospheric Physics > Lidar
Deposited By: Kiemle, Dr.rer.nat. Christoph
Deposited On:18 Dec 2012 10:08
Last Modified:24 Apr 2024 19:45

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