Seasonal and latitudinal variation of atmospheric methane: A ground-based and ship-borne solar IR spectroscopic study

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Troposphere: Composition And Chemistry, Global Change: Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Global Change: Remote Sensing (1855), Global Change: Instruments And Techniques

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Column-averaged volume mixing ratios of CH4 were retrieved with a precision of better than 0.5% from infrared solar absorption spectra obtained at Ny-Alesund (Spitsbergen, 79°N) between 1997 and 2004 and during two ship cruises (54°N-34°S) on the Atlantic in 2003. The retrieval has been performed in a spectral region available to all operational FTIR (Fourier Transform InfraRed) spectrometers performing solar absorption measurements. The seasonality and the long-term increase of the tropospheric volume-mixing ratio, derived from the infrared measurements agree well with data from surface sampling at this site. The latitudinal variation of ship-borne measurements between 54°N and 34°S is in agreement with inverse model simulations which are optimized vs. the global NOAA/ESRL measurements.

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