Fingerprint of rice paddies in spatial–temporal dynamics of atmospheric methane concentration in monsoon Asia

The role of paddy rice agriculture in the spatial and temporal dynamics of atmospheric methane concentration remains unclear. Here, Zhang et al. show that regions with dense rice paddies have high satellite-based column averaged CH4 concentrations (XCH4), and that seasonal dynamics of XCH4 mirror th...

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Main Authors: Geli Zhang, Xiangming Xiao, Jinwei Dong, Fengfei Xin, Yao Zhang, Yuanwei Qin, Russell B. Doughty, Berrien Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14155-5