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 Sulprizio2, Tia Scarpelli3, Jian-Xiong Sheng4, Yuzhong Zhang5, A. Anthony Bloom6, Kevin W Bowman7, Melissa Weitz8, Mark DeFigueiredo9, Rachel Schmeltz9, Mausami Desai9, John Steller9, Chris Sherry9, Arlyn Andrews10, Robert Parker11 and TCCON Partners, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, United States, (2)Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, United States, (3)Carbon Mapper, Pasadena, United States, (4)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (5)Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (7)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (8)US Environmental Protection Agency - Washington DC, Washington, United States, (9)Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, United States, (10)SilverLining, Washington, DC, United States, (11)University of Leicester, National Centre for Earth Observation, School of Physics and Astronomy, Leicester, United Kingdom