Preliminary Assessment of Methane Concentration Variation Observed by GOSAT in China

Figure 5

Comparison of XCH₄ value from GOSAT and the corresponding surface air temperature values from weather stations in (a) the Sichuan Basin and (b) the rice paddy fields in the same latitude region. The time lable of months in -axis indicates the beginning of each month.

(a) Sichuan

(b) Paddy field at the same latitude