Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-3311-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-3311-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model description paper
| 
04 Jun 2025
Model description paper |
| 04 Jun 2025
| 04 Jun 2025
Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI) 2.0: an improved research and stakeholder tool for monitoring total methane emissions with high resolution worldwide using TROPOMI satellite observations
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Daniel J. Varon
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Melissa Sulprizio
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Hannah Nesser
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Zichong Chen
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Nicholas Balasus
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah E. Hancock
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
James D. East
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Todd A. Mooring
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Alexander Oort Alonso
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Joannes D. Maasakkers
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
Ilse Aben
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Leiden, the Netherlands
Sabour Baray
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
Kevin W. Bowman
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
John R. Worden
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Felipe J. Cardoso-Saldaña
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX, USA
Emily Reidy
ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Spring, TX, USA
Daniel J. Jacob
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Data sets
Sentinel-5P Level 2 - Registry of Open Data on AWS AWS https://registry.opendata.aws/sentinel5p/
Blended TROPOMI+GOSAT Satellite Data Product for Atmospheric Methane AWS https://registry.opendata.aws/blended-tropomi-gosat-methane/
GEOS-Chem Input Data AWS https://registry.opendata.aws/geoschem-input-data/
Model code and software
geoschem/integrated_methane_inversion: IMI 2.0.1 Lucas A. Estrada et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14201400
Short summary
Reducing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is a top policy concern for mitigating anthropogenic climate change. The Integrated Methane Inversion (IMI) is an advanced, cloud-based software that translates satellite observations into actionable emissions data. Here we present IMI version 2.0 with vastly expanded capabilities. These updates enable a wider range of scientific and stakeholder applications from individual basin to global scales with continuous emissions monitoring.
Reducing emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, is a top policy concern for mitigating...
