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The results of a complex experiment on retrieving the methane distribution in the troposphere over Western Siberia from solar spectra recorded with an IFS-125M FTIR spectrometer, in situ aircraft measurements, and satellite observations are described, analyzed, and compared.
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The authors are grateful to prof. L.N. Sinitsa and V.V. Belov, as well as engineer Yu.A. Matul’yan for their help in the work.
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This work was carried out within State Assignment for IAO SB RAS no. AAAA-A17-117021310150-0, under a partial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 19-03-00389). The processing of Fourier spectrometer measurements and the comparison with independent measurements at St. Petersburg State University were supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grant no. 18-05-00011).
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Makarova, M.V., Serdyukov, V.I., Arshinov, M.Y. et al. The First Complex Experiment on Determining Parameters of the Vertical Distribution of Methane in the Troposphere over Western Siberia from Solar Spectra Recorded with an IFS-125M FTIR Spectrometer and In Situ Aircraft Measurements. Atmos Ocean Opt 34, 61–67 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856021010073
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