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Requirement details

Name Methane
Note (WMO OSCAR, id: 141)
Dissemination NRT Service
Quality Control Procedure Automatic
Group Atmosphere
Status -
Uncertainty
20 ppb
10 ppb
2 ppb
Update Frequency
2 w
1 d
1 h
Timeliness
1 y
6 m
1 d
Scale
Horizontal resolution
500 km
100 km
50 km
Vertical resolution
TC
1 km
100 m
Essential variables

Atmosphere - Atmospheric Composition - Carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases
State Draft
Created on Feb. 3, 2018, 3:49 p.m.
Last updated on Oct. 2, 2020, 2:57 p.m.

Products

Product Level of definition Relevant for Criticality Barriers Note Created on Last updated on
Global analyses of chemical species Reasonable Calibration and validation Essential Availability, Coverage, Timeliness Feb. 8, 2018, 1:56 p.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
European anthropogenic emissions Reasonable Product generation Essential Coverage Feb. 14, 2018, 2:29 p.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
Biomass burning emissions based on Fire Radiative Power satellite observations Reasonable Product generation Desirable Coverage March 29, 2018, 9:49 a.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
Global 5-day forecasts of CH4 Reasonable Product generation Essential Accuracy, Coverage Feb. 25, 2021, 3:14 p.m. Feb. 25, 2021, 3:14 p.m.
Flux inversion delayed-mode of global CH4 (surface fluxes and atmospheric concentrations) Reasonable Calibration and validation Essential Coverage Feb. 3, 2018, 3:54 p.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
CAMS global greenhouse gas reanalysis / Atmospheric Composition Reanalysis EGG4 Reasonable Calibration and validation Essential Coverage, Timeliness July 27, 2022, 12:32 p.m. July 27, 2022, 12:32 p.m.

Data

Data Level of compliance Note Information costs Handling costs Created on Last updated on
ICOS NRT data products Partially Feb. 3, 2018, 3:49 p.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
ICOS atmospheric composition data products Partially March 30, 2018, 6:44 p.m. Nov. 9, 2020, 1:34 p.m.
OBSPAC groundbased in-situ methane dataset Fully July 27, 2022, 12:30 p.m. July 27, 2022, 12:30 p.m.