Articles | Volume 16, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3683-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-3683-2016
Research article
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21 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 21 Mar 2016

Validation of the Swiss methane emission inventory by atmospheric observations and inverse modelling

Stephan Henne, Dominik Brunner, Brian Oney, Markus Leuenberger, Werner Eugster, Ines Bamberger, Frank Meinhardt, Martin Steinbacher, and Lukas Emmenegger

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Greenhouse gas emissions can be assessed by "top-down" methods that combine atmospheric observations, a transport model and a mathematical optimisation framework. Here, we apply such a top-down method to the methane emissions of Switzerland, utilising observations from the recently installed CarboCount-CH network. Our Swiss total emissions largely agree with those of the national "bottom-up" inventory, whereas regional differences suggest lower than reported emissions from manure handling.
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