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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-1261-2017
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Model evaluation paper
| 
27 Mar 2017
Model evaluation paper |
| 27 Mar 2017
Global methane emission estimates for 2000–2012 from CarbonTracker Europe-CH4 v1.0
Climate Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Tuula Aalto
Climate Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Leif Backman
Climate Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Janne Hakkarainen
Earth Observation, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Ingrid T. van der Laan-Luijkx
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Maarten C. Krol
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Renato Spahni
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, and Oeschger
Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sander Houweling
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, the
Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Marko Laine
Earth Observation, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Ed Dlugokencky
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Angel J. Gomez-Pelaez
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center, Agencia Estatal de
Meteorología (AEMET), Tenerife, Spain
Marcel van der Schoot
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Australia
Ray Langenfelds
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Aspendale, Australia
Raymond Ellul
Atmospheric Research, Department of Geosciences, University of Malta,
Msida, Malta
Jgor Arduini
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Urbino,
Urbino, Italy
National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and
Climate, Bologna, Italy
Francesco Apadula
Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico – RSE SpA, Milano, Italy
Christoph Gerbig
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Dietrich G. Feist
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Rigel Kivi
Arctic Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä,
Finland
Yukio Yoshida
Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for
Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Wouter Peters
Meteorology and Air Quality, Wageningen University & Research,
Wageningen, the Netherlands
University of Groningen, Centre for Isotope Research, Groningen, the
Netherlands
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Short summary
In this study, we found that the average global methane emission for 2000–2012, estimated by the CTE-CH4 model, was 516±51 Tg CH4 yr-1, and the estimates for 2007–2012 were 4 % larger than for 2000–2006. The model estimates are sensitive to inputs and setups, but according to sensitivity tests the study suggests that the increase in atmospheric methane concentrations during 21st century was due to an increase in emissions from the 35S-EQ latitudinal bands.
In this study, we found that the average global methane emission for 2000–2012, estimated by the...
