Research Article

Preliminary Assessment of Methane Concentration Variation Observed by GOSAT in China

Figure 1

(a) Paddy fields distribution in China, the Sichuan Basin (black line polygon), and the comparative study regions (within two horizontal lines) at the same latitude zone to the east of the basin, and (b) the terrain elevation of the Sichuan Basin. Also showed in (a) and (b) are the locations of Yanting (solid triangle) and Yueyang (solid circle).
(a) Study region and paddy fields
(b) Sichuan Basin