Global atmospheric methane concentration 2021 average

The data used in this map of the global atmospheric methane average in 2021 was retrieved from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, using the WFMD retrieval algorithm developed at the University of Bremen (Schneising et al., 2023).

Areas in dark red have the highest methane concentrations of around 1900 parts per billion, while blue areas show lower methane concentration in the atmosphere of around 1700 parts per billion.

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