Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-901-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-901-2018
Research article
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25 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 25 Jan 2018

Inverse modelling of European CH4 emissions during 2006–2012 using different inverse models and reassessed atmospheric observations

Peter Bergamaschi, Ute Karstens, Alistair J. Manning, Marielle Saunois, Aki Tsuruta, Antoine Berchet, Alexander T. Vermeulen, Tim Arnold, Greet Janssens-Maenhout, Samuel Hammer, Ingeborg Levin, Martina Schmidt, Michel Ramonet, Morgan Lopez, Jost Lavric, Tuula Aalto, Huilin Chen, Dietrich G. Feist, Christoph Gerbig, László Haszpra, Ove Hermansen, Giovanni Manca, John Moncrieff, Frank Meinhardt, Jaroslaw Necki, Michal Galkowski, Simon O'Doherty, Nina Paramonova, Hubertus A. Scheeren, Martin Steinbacher, and Ed Dlugokencky

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ED: Publish as is (24 Nov 2017) by Jens-Uwe Grooß
AR by Peter Bergamaschi on behalf of the Authors (01 Dec 2017)
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European methane (CH4) emissions are estimated for 2006–2012 using atmospheric in situ measurements from 18 European monitoring stations and 7 different inverse models. Our analysis highlights the potential significant contribution of natural emissions from wetlands (including peatlands and wet soils) to the total European emissions. The top-down estimates of total EU-28 CH4 emissions are broadly consistent with the sum of reported anthropogenic CH4 emissions and the estimated natural emissions.
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