Satellite quantification of enhanced methane oxidation applied to the stratospheric plume following Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption
Maarten MJW van Herpen, Isabelle De Smedt, Daphne Meidan, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Matthew S Johnson, Thomas Röckmann, Jos de Laat · 2026
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Van Herpen and six co-authors use space data to weigh how fast a sea volcano plume broke down methane gas in this twenty twenty-six study. Methane is a strong heat-trapping gas, and its main loss route in air is still not well pinned down. The blast sent a huge plume high into the sky.
Inside, a space sensor tracked a short-lived gas formed as methane breaks down in that plume. The plume chewed through methane at a high daily rate for ten days or more. The team links the speed to chlorine freed from ash by light, a route not yet well known. The same trick could one day check man-made methane loss plans.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maarten MJW van Herpen, Isabelle De Smedt, Daphne Meidan, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Matthew S Johnson, Thomas Röckmann, Jos de Laat |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |