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    "identifier": "ark:\/88434\/mds2-3720",
    "accessLevel": "public",
    "contactPoint": {
        "hasEmail": "mailto:[email protected]",
        "fn": "Anna Karion"
    },
    "programCode": [
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    "landingPage": "https:\/\/data.nist.gov\/od\/id\/mds2-3720",
    "title": "Methane emissions estimates and related data sets for Washington DC and Baltimore, MD urban areas",
    "description": "This dataset accompanies the publication below. Here we provide the results of the analysis, including gridded estimates of methane emissions for the Washington\/Baltimore area at 0.01 degrees resolution and monthly from 2017 through 2021.  All files available for unrestricted public use with citation of this data set *except* the Observations_XX files.  Observations are for non-commercial use only, as they are purchased from a private data provider (AEM, Inc. via Earth Networks, Inc.).\n\nMethane Emissions Show Recent Decline but Strong Seasonality in Two US Northeastern Cities\nAnna Karion, Subhomoy Ghosh, Israel Lopez-Coto, Kimberly Mueller, Sharon Gourdji, Joseph Pitt, and James Whetstone\nEnvironmental Science & Technology 2023 57 (48), 19565-19574 \nDOI: 10.1021\/acs.est.3c05050\n",
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            "title": "Prior emissions maps for each sector considered"
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            "title": "Observations"
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            "title": "Observations"
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            "title": "Posterior_Ensemble"
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            "downloadURL": "https:\/\/data.nist.gov\/od\/ds\/ark:\/88434\/mds2-3720\/Readme_04032025.pdf",
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            "description": "Coordinates and area of analysis domain grid corresponding to the emissions flux data.",
            "mediaType": "text\/csv",
            "title": "Coordinates and area of analysis domain"
        },
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            "downloadURL": "https:\/\/data.nist.gov\/od\/ds\/mds2-3720\/Observations_Merge_NAM2.csv",
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            "title": "Observations"
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    "modified": "2025-02-07 00:00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "@type": "org:Organization",
        "name": "National Institute of Standards and Technology"
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    "theme": [
        "Environment:Greenhouse gas measurements"
    ],
    "keyword": [
        "Methane measurements and models",
        "emission inventories",
        "urban greenhouse gas domes",
        "GHG concentration measurements"
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