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CH4 vertical column	IFE/IUP Bremen		Jan 2003 to Dec 2005					v0.5-validated v1.0-demonst
CH4 vertical column	SRON/JPL		Jan 2003 to Dec 2005			^*)		v1.1-validated v5.0-demonst

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SCIAMACHY CH4 validation literature:

Atmospheric carbon gases retrieved from SCIAMACHY by WFM-DOAS: version 0.5 CO and CH4 and impact of calibration improvements on CO2 retrieval
M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, S. Noël, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, O. Schneising, I. Khlystova, M. Bruns, H. Bremer, P. Bergamaschi, S. Körner, and M. Heimann

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2727–2751, 2006
Method:	"MOPITT satellite data (CO) and TM5 model simulations - world (CH4) and FTIR measurements at Park Falls, Wisconsin, USA (CO2)"

Comparisons between SCIAMACHY and ground-based FTIR data for total columns of CO, CH4, CO2 and N2O
B. Dils, M. De Mazière, J. F. Müller, T. Blumenstock, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, P. Demoulin, P. Duchatelet, H. Fast, C. Frankenberg, A. Gloudemans, D. Griffith, N. Jones, T. Kerzenmacher, I. Kramer, E. Mahieu, J. Mellqvist, R. L. Mittermeier, J. Notholt, C. P. Rinsland, H. Schrijver, D. Smale, A. Strandberg, A. G. Straume,W. Stremme, K. Strong, R. Sussmann, J. Taylor, M. van den Broek, V. Velazco, T.Wagner, T.Warneke, A. Wiacek, and S. Wood

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1953–1976, 2006
Method:	11 ground-based FTIR data (quasi-global network)

Verification of SCIAMACHY LV1B V6 nadir data by retrievals of CO, CH4, CO2, O3, NO2, and BRO
A. Richter, M. Buchwitz, A. Heckel, L. Lamsal, A. Schönhardt, M. Weber, F. Wittrock and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Verification with V5.04

SCIAMACHY/WFM-DOAS tropospheric CO, CH4, and CO2 scientific data products: validation and recent developments
M. Buchwitz, I. Khlystova, O. Schneising, H. Bovensmann and J.P. Burrows

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Ground-based FTIR stations, 2003-2005: MOPITT (CO), TM5 model (CH4), TM3 model (CO2)

Validation of WFM-DOAS V0.6 CO and V1.0 CH4 scientific products using Europian ground-based FTIR measurements
B. Dils, M. De Mazière, T. Blumenstock, F. Hase, I. Kramer, E. Mahieu, P. Demoulin, P. Duchatelet, J. Mellqvist, A. Strandberg, M. Buchwitz, I. Khlystova, O. Schneising, V. Velazco, J. Notholt, R. Sussmann and W. Stremme

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	European harmonized FTIR network

Validation of SCIAMACHY columnar methane by solar FTIR spectrometry at the permanent ground-truthing facility Zugspitze/Garmisch
R. Sussmann, W. Stremme, M. Buchwitz and R. De Beek

Abstract/Article:	Proceedings of the Third Workshop on the Atmospheric Chemistry Validation of ENVISAT (ACVE-3), 4-7 Dec. 2006, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, ESA Publications Division Special Publication SP-642 (CD), 2006.
Method:	Groundbased solar FTIR measurements at Permanent Ground-Truthing Station Zugspitze

Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: Analysis of the years 2003 and 2004
C. Frankenberg, J. F. Meirink, P. Bergamaschi, A. P. H. Goede, M. Heimann, S. Körner, U. Platt, M. van Weele, and T. Wagner

Abstract/Article:	Frankenberg, C., J. F. Meirink, P. Bergamaschi, A. P. H. Goede, M. Heimann, S. Körner, U. Platt, M. van Weele, and T. Wagner (2006), Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: Analysis of the years 2003 and 2004, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D07303, doi:10.1029/2005JD006235.
Method:	TM4 model

Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHYon board ENVISAT:2. Evaluation based on inverse model simulations
P. Bergamaschi, C. Frankenberg, J. F. Meirink, M. Krol, F. Dentener, T. Wagner, U. Platt, J. O. Kaplan, S. Körner, M. Heimann, E. J. Dlugokencky, and A. Goede

Abstract/Article:	Bergamaschi, P., et al. (2007), Satellite chartography of atmospheric methane from SCIAMACHY on board ENVISAT: 2. Evaluation based on inverse model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D02304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007268.
Method:	Inverse TM5 model simulations

The Evaluation of SCIAMACHY CO and CH4 Scientific Data Products, Using Ground-Based FTIR Measurements
B. Dils, M. De Mazière, J. F. Müller, M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, C. Frankenberg, A. Gloudemans, H. Schrijver, M. Van den Broek and contributing NDSC FTIR teams

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Method:	Ground-based quasi-global network of Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometers

Carbon Monoxide, Methane and Carbon Dioxide Retrieved from SCIAMACHY Near-Infrared Nadir Observations Using WFM-DOAS
M. Buchwitz, R. de Beek, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, B. Dils, and M. De Mazière

Abstract/Article:	"Proc. of the First ‘Atmospheric Science Conference’, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy 8 – 12 May 2006 (ESA SP-628, July 2006)"
Method:	MOPITT (CO), ground based FTS (CO,CO2,CH4), and TM3 (CO2)

Satellite Chartography of Atmospheric Methane from SCIAMACHY Onboard Envisat
C. Frankenberg, I. Aben, P. Bergamaschi, A. Gloudemans, S. Houweling, JF. Meirink, H. Schrijver, and T. Wagner

Abstract/Article:	Proc. ‘Envisat Symposium 2007’, Montreux, Switzerland 23–27 April 2007 (ESA SP-636, July 2007)
Method:	TM5 model

Error analysis for CO and CH4 total column retrievals from SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra
A.M.S. Gloudemans, H. Schrijver, O.P. Hasekamp, I. Aben

Abstract/Article:	Atmos. Chem. Phys. 8, 3999-4017, 2008
Method:	Sensitivity analysis of the Iterative Maximum Likelihood Method (IMLM) algorithm and its application to SCIAMACHY 2.3 µm spectra

Tropical methane emissions: A revised view from SCIAMACHY onboard ENVISAT
C. Frankenberg, P. Bergamaschi, A. Butz, S. Houweling, J.F. Meirink, J. Notholt, A.K. Petersen, H. Schrijver, T. Warneke, I. Aben

Abstract/Article: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L15811, 2008

Large-Scale Controls of Methanogenesis Inferred from Methane and Gravity Spaceborne Data
A.A. Bloom, P.I. Palmer, A. Fraser, D.S. Reay, C. Frankenberg

Abstract/Article: Science, 327, 322, 2010, DOI: 10.1126/science.1175176

Pressure broadening in the 2v₃ band of methane and its implication on atmospheric retrievals
C. Frankenberg, T. Warneke, A. Butz, I. Aben, F. Hase, P. Spietz, L. R. Brow

Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5061-5075, 2008

Inverse modeling of global and regional CH4 emissions using SCIAMACHY satellite retrievals
P. Bergamaschi,C. Frankenberg, J.F. Meirink, M. Krol, M.G. Villani, S. Houweling, F. Dentener,E.J. Dlugokencky, J.B. Miller, L.V. Gatti, A. Engel, I. Levin

Abstract/Article:	J. Geophys. Res., 114, D22301, doi:10.1029/2009JD012287
Method:	Analyze the impact of SCIAMACHY retrievals revision on global and regional CH4 emissions estimates in 2004 using the TM5-4DVAR inverse modeling system

Global column averaged methane mixing ratios from 2003 to 2009 as derived from SCIAMACHY: Trends and variability
C. Frankenberg, I. Aben, P. Bergamaschi, E. J. Dlugokencky, R. van Hees, S. Houweling, P. van der Meer, R. Snel, P. Tol

Abstract/Article:	J. Geophys. Res., vol 116, D04302, doi:10.1029/2010JD014849, 2011
Method:	Long-term data set of column-averaged methane mixing ratios retrieved from spectra of SCIAMACHY

Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite - Part 2: Methane
O. Schneising, M. Buchwitz, J. P. Burrows, H. Bovensmann, P. Bergamaschi, W. Peters

Abstract/Article: Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9,443-465, 2009
Method: Comparisons with the TM5 model