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27. Anyone tracking methane output? It's getting, uh, interesting. Readings as high as 2199 PPBv

This is from about 2/3ds of the way downthread - http://neven1.typepad.com/blog/2013/03/crack-is-bad-for-you-and-sea-ice.html#more

Pardon the minor moment off topic - except that the Arctic fracturing is having an impact on methane readings...

The METOP 2 IASI CH4 imagery has been updated through March 15 12-24 hrs.

https://sites.google.com/site/a4r2013metop2iasich4co2/home/2011-airs-ch4-359-hpa-vs-iasi-ch4-970-600-mb

The Greenland, Norwegian, Barents and Kara Seas continue to have record amounts of methane at 586-600 mb, as high as 2199 PPBv on March 15, 2013 -12-24 hrs.

Even more interesting are the areas of methane release in the Laptev, East Siberian and Chukchi Seas as the Arctic ice fractures. This is unusual for this time of year. Two Google Earth imagery samples are attached in the ASIF:

http://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,12.0.html

When one compares this with surface readings of approx. 1830 PPBv at Mauna Loa at the end of February, 1947 PPBv at Ny-Alesund in mid-February, or early March readings of 1930 PPBv at Barrow, we have a considerably higher set of readings over large portions of the North Atlantic and Arctic.

EDIT

Bulk imagery available below:


https://sites.google.com/site/a4r2013metop2iasich4co2/home/2011-airs-ch4-359-hpa-vs-iasi-ch4-970-600-mb