Using GOSAT satellite data to test inventories of 2010-2015 North American methane emissions and their trends


Joannes D Maasakkers1, Daniel J Jacob2, Melissa Payer Sulprizio3, Tia Scarpelli4, Jian-Xiong Sheng5, Yuzhong Zhang6, A Anthony Bloom7, Kevin W Bowman8, Melissa Weitz9, Mark DeFigueiredo10, Rachel Schmeltz10, Mausami Desai10, John Steller10, Chris Sherry10, Arlyn Andrews11, Robert Parker12 and TCCON Partners, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (2)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (4)Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, (5)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (6)Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, (7)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (8)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (9)US Environmental Protection Agency - Washington DC, Washington, United States, (10)Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, United States, (11)SilverLining, Washington, United States, (12)University of Leicester, National Centre for Earth Observation, School of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom