Fig. 1
From: Atmospheric observations show accurate reporting and little growth in India’s methane emissions
Comparison of India’s top-down CH4 emissions and seasonal cycle with bottom-up inventories. a Indian CH4 emissions (as Tg yr−1) for the prior inventories (orange, solid line) and for the top-down estimated here (dark blue line). The prior was comprised by EDGAR2010 (excluding rice), Yan et al.17 rice and GFED v3.118 biomass burning. For comparison, the dashed orange line corresponds to EDGAR2010 (including rice) and GFED. The turquoise line and shading indicates a 12-month running mean of the top-down emissions (uncertainties assuming full correlation between months). The black line and grey shading correspond to 2010 emissions submitted to the UNFCCC (BUR) and uncertainties (based on percentage uncertainties for the year 2000, the last year for which uncertainties were published: 50% enteric fermentation, 8% rice, 125% fossil fuel, 150% waste23). b Average prior (orange) and top-down (blue) seasonal cycle. In all panels, shading corresponds to 5th–95th percentile uncertainties. The monsoon season is highlighted in pink bars
