Published papers as the first author (N=8)

Chen, Z., D.J. Jacob, N. Balasus, H. Lin, and C. Taylor, Global Rice Paddy Inventory (GRPI): a high-resolution inventory of methane emissions from rice agriculture based on Landsat satellite inundation data, in review. 

Chen, Z., D.J. Jacob, N. Balasus, H. Lin, and H. Nesser: African rice cultivation linked to rising methane, Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01907-x, 2024 (IF=31.4).

Chen, Z., Jacob, D., Nesser, H., Sulprizio, M., Lorente, A., Varon, D., Lu, X., Shen, L., Qu, Z: Satellite quantification of methane emissions and oil/gas methane intensities from individual countries in the Middle East and North Africa: implications for climate action, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-5945-2023, 2023. (IF=6.13). 

Chen, Z., Jacob, D., Nesser, H., Sulprizio, M., Lorente, A., Varon, D., Lu, X., Shen, L., Qu, Z., Penn, E., and Yu, X.: Methane emissions from China: a high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI satellite observations, Atmos. Chem. Phys.., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2022-303, 2022 (IF=6.13).

Chen, Z., Huntzinger, D.N., Liu, J., Piao, S., Wang, X., Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Anthoni, P., Arneth, A., Bastrikov, V. and Goll, D.S.: Five years of variability in the global carbon cycle: comparing an estimate from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 and process-based models. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), p.054041, 2021 (IF=6.79).

Chen, Z., Liu, J., Henze, D. K., Huntzinger, D. N., Wells, K. C., Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Joetzjer, E., Bastrikov, V., Goll, D. S., Haverd, V., Jain, A. K., Kato, E., Lienert, S., Lombardozzi, D. L., McGuire, P. C., Melton, J. R., Nabel, J. E. M. S., Poulter, B., Tian, H., Wiltshire, A. J., Zaehle, S., and Miller, S. M.: Linking global terrestrial CO2 fluxes and environmental drivers: inferences from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 satellite and terrestrial biospheric models, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6663–6680, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-6663-2021, 2021 (IF=6.13).

Chen, Z., Griffis, T.J., Baker, J.M., Millet, D.B., Wood, J.D., Dlugokencky, E.J., Andrews, A.E., Sweeney, C., Hu, C. and Kolka, R.K.: Source partitioning of methane emissions and its seasonality in the US Midwest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123(2), pp.646-659, 2018 (IF=3.82).

Chen, Z., Griffis, T.J., Millet, D.B., Wood, J.D., Lee, X., Baker, J.M., Xiao, K., Turner, P.A., Chen, M., Zobitz, J. and Wells, K.C.: Partitioning N2O emissions within the US Corn Belt using an inverse modeling approach. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(8), pp.1192-1205, 2016 (IF=6.37).

Published papers as a co-author (N=16)

Penn, E., Jacob, D. J., Chen, Z., East, J. D., Sulprizio, M. P., Bruhwiler, L., Maasakkers, J. D., Nesser, H., Qu, Z., Zhang, Y., and Worden, J.: What can we learn about tropospheric OH from satellite observations of methane?, in press, 2024.

Hancock, S. E., Jacob, D., Chen, Z., Nesser, H., Davitt, A., Varon, D. J., Sulprizio, M. P., Balasus, N., Estrada, L. A., East, J. D., Penn, E., Randles, C. A., Worden, J., Aben, I., Parker, R. J., and Maasakkers, J. D.: Satellite quantification of methane emissions from South American countries: A high-resolution inversion of TROPOMI and GOSAT observations, in press, 2024.

Liang, R., Zhang, Y., Hu, Q., Li, T., Li, S., Yuan, W., ... & Chen, Z. Satellite-Based Monitoring of Methane Emissions from China’s Rice Hub. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024.

East, J. D., Jacob, D. J., Balasus, N., Bloom, A. A., Bruhwiler, L., Chen, Z., et al. Interpreting the seasonality of atmospheric methane. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108494, 2024.

Nesser, H., Jacob, D. J., Maasakkers, J. D., Lorente, A., Chen, Z., Lu, X., Shen, L., Qu, Z., Sulprizio, M. P., Winter, M., Ma, S., Bloom, A. A., Worden, J. R., Stavins, R. N., and Randles, C. A.: High-resolution U.S. methane emissions inferred from an inversion of 2019 TROPOMI satellite data: contributions from individual states, urban areas, and landfills, Atmos. Chem. Phys, 2024.

Shen L., Jacob D.,Gautam R., Omara M., Scarpelli T., Lorente A., Zavala-Araiza D., Lu X., Chen Z., and Lin J: National quantifications of methane emissions from fuel exploitation using high resolution inversions of satellite observations. Nat Commun 14, 4948 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40671-6.

Liang, R., Zhang, Y., Liu, J., Chen, W., Zhang, P., Chen, C., Mao, H., Shen, G., Qu, Z., Chen, Z., Zhou, M., Wang, P., Parker, R. J., Boesch, H., Lorente, A., Maasakkers, J. D., and Aben, I.: East Asian methane emissions inferred from high-resolution inversions of GOSAT and TROPOMI observations: a comparative and evaluative analysis, Atmos. Chem. Phys., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2022-508, 2023.

Balasus, N., Jacob, D. J., Lorente, A., Maasakkers, J. D., Parker, R. J., Boesch, H., Chen, Z., Kelp, M. M., Nesser, H., and Varon, D. J.: A blended TROPOMI+GOSAT satellite data product for atmospheric methane using machine learning to correct retrieval biases, Atmos. Meas. Tech., https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2023-47, in production, 2023.

Lu, X., Jacob, D.J., Zhang, Y., Shen, L., Sulprizio, M.P., Maasakkers, J.D., Varon, D.J., Qu, Z., Chen Z., Hmiel, B. and Parker, R.J., 2023. Observation-derived 2010-2019 trends in methane emissions and intensities from US oil and gas fields tied to activity metrics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(17), p.e2217900120. 

Miller, L., Griffis, T.J., Erickson, M.D., Turner, P.A., Deventer, M.J., Chen Z., Yu, Z., Venterea, R., Baker, J. and Frie, A.L.: Response of nitrous oxide emissions to individual rain events and future changes in precipitation, Journal of Environmental Quality, 2022.

Liu, X., Weinbren, A. L., Chang, H., Tadić, J. M., Mountain, M. E., Trudeau, M. E., Andrews, A. E., Chen, Z., and Miller, S. M.: Data reduction for inverse modeling: an adaptive approach v1.0, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 4683–4696, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4683-2021, 2021.

Griffis, T.J., Hu, C., Baker, J.M., Wood, J.D., Millet, D.B., Erickson, M., Yu, Z., Deventer, M.J., Winker, C. and Chen, Z.: Tall tower ammonia observations and emission estimates in the US Midwest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(11), pp.3432-3447, 2019.

Hu, C., Griffis, T.J., Lee, X., Millet, D.B., Chen, Z., Baker, J.M. and Xiao, K.: Top‐down constraints on anthropogenic CO2 emissions within an agricultural‐urban landscape. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(9), pp.4674-4694, 2018.

Griffis, T.J., Chen, Z., Baker, J.M., Wood, J.D., Millet, D.B., Lee, X., Venterea, R.T. and Turner, P.A.: Nitrous oxide emissions are enhanced in a warmer and wetter world. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(45), pp.12081-12085, 2017.

Griffis, T. J., Wood, J. D., Baker, J. M., Lee, X., Xiao, K., Chen, Z., Welp, L. R., Schultz, N. M., Gorski, G., Chen, M., and Nieber, J.: Investigating the source, transport, and isotope composition of water vapor in the planetary boundary layer, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 5139–5157, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5139-2016, 2016.