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Observational constraints on recent increases in the atmospheric CH4 burden
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Measurements of atmospheric CH 4 from air samples collected weekly at 46 remote surface sites show that, after a decade of near‐zero growth, globally averaged atmospheric methane increased during 2007 and 2008. During 2007, CH 4 increased by 8.3 ± 0.6 ppb. CH 4 mole fractions averaged over polar northern latitudes and the Southern Hemisphere increased more than other zonally averaged regions. In 2008, globally averaged CH 4 increased by 4.4 ± 0.6 ppb; the largest increase was in the tropics, while polar northern latitudes did not increase. Satellite and in situ CO observations suggest only a minor contribution to increased CH 4 from biomass burning. The most likely drivers of the CH 4 anomalies observed during 2007 and 2008 are anomalously high temperatures in the Arctic and greater than average precipitation in the tropics. Near‐zero CH 4 growth in the Arctic during 2008 suggests we have not yet activated strong climate feedbacks from permafrost and CH 4 hydrates.
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- Dlugokencky, E. J., Bruhwiler, L., White, J. W. C., Emmons, L. K., Novelli, P. C., Montzka, S. A., Masarie, K. A., Lang, P. M., Crotwell, A. M., Miller, J. B., & Gatti, L. V.
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- Geophysical Research Letters
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- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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- 2009-09
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- 36
- Issue
- 18
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- 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8007
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- W2096174294
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- 564
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- 39.06
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- journal article
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- en
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- bronze
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