Seven Years’ Observation of Mid-Upper Tropospheric Methane from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on EOS/Aqua platform provides a measurement of global methane (CH4) in the mid-upper troposphere since September, 2002. As a thermal infrared sounder, the most sensitivity of AIRS to atmospheric CH4 is in the mid-upper troposphere with the degree of freedom of...

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Published in:	Remote Sensing
Main Authors:	Thomas S. Pagano, Xingpin Liu, Xiaozhen Xiong, Chris Barnet, Jennifer Wei, Eric Maddy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2010-11-01
Subjects:	methane mid-upper troposphere satellite AIRS trend seasonal cycle
Online Access:	http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/2/11/2509/