Fingerprint of rice paddies in spatial–temporal dynamics of atmospheric methane concentration in monsoon Asia

Zhang, Geli; Xiao, Xiangming; Dong, Jinwei; Xin, Fengfei; Zhang, Yao; Qin, Yuanwei; Doughty, Russell B.; Moore, Berrien

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14155-5

Fingerprint of rice paddies in spatial–temporal dynamics of atmospheric methane concentration in monsoon Asia

Journal Article · Tue Jan 28 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14155-5· OSTI ID:1634069

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China Agricultural Univ., Beijing (China)
Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)

Agriculture (e.g., rice paddies) has been considered one of the main emission sources responsible for the sudden rise of atmospheric methane concentration (XCH₄) since 2007, but remains debated. Here we use satellite-based rice paddy and XCH₄ data to investigate the spatial-temporal relationships between rice paddy area, rice plant growth, and XCH₄ in monsoon Asia, which accounts for ~87% of the global rice area. We find strong spatial consistencies between rice paddy area and XCH₄ and seasonal consistencies between rice plant growth and XCH₄. Our results also show a decreasing trend in rice paddy area in monsoon Asia since 2007, which suggests that the change in rice paddy area could not be one of the major drivers for the renewed XCH₄ growth, thus other sources and sinks should be further investigated. Our findings highlight the importance of satellite-based paddy rice datasets in understanding the spatial-temporal dynamics of XCH₄ in monsoon Asia.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1634069

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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