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Overview

Joannes D. Maasakkers is affiliated with the Netherlands Institute for Space Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as global and planetary change, atmospheric science, mechanics of materials, environmental chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work centers on topics including atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, methane hydrates and related phenomena, oil, gas, and environmental issues, as well as coal properties and utilization.

Maasakkers has authored numerous papers, among which are:

  • Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space, 2020, Science Advances
  • Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin, 2021, Science Advances
  • Vast CO2 release from Australian fires in 2019-2020 constrained by satellite, 2021, Nature
  • Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Global methane budget and trend, 2010-2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH4 ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Frequent coauthors in Maasakkers's publications include:

  • Ilse Aben (37 publications)
  • Daniel J. Jacob (33 publications)
  • Melissa P. Sulprizio (28 publications)
  • Daniel J. Varon (23 publications)
  • John R. Worden (22 publications)

Major publication venues where Maasakkers's research appears include:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (17 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (10 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (7 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (4 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain

    Ramón A. Alvarez;Daniel Zavala-Araiza;David R. Lyon;David T. Allen

  • Satellite observations of atmospheric methane and their value for quantifying methane emissions

    Daniel J. Jacob;Alexander J. Turner;Joannes D. Maasakkers;Jianxiong Sheng

  • Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space

    Yuzhong Zhang;Ritesh Gautam;Sudhanshu Pandey;Mark Omara

  • Estimating global and North American methane emissions with high spatial resolution using GOSAT satellite data

    A J Turner;Daniel J Jacob;K J Wecht;J D Maasakkers

  • Satellite Discovery of Anomalously Large Methane Point Sources From Oil/Gas Production

    D. J. Varon;J. McKeever;D. Jervis;J. D. Maasakkers

  • Gridded National Inventory of U.S. Methane Emissions

    Joannes D. Maasakkers;Daniel J. Jacob;Melissa P. Sulprizio;Alexander J. Turner

  • Improving algorithms and uncertainty estimates for satellite NO 2 retrievals: results from the quality assurance for the essential climate variables (QA4ECV) project

    K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Henk J. Eskes;Andreas Richter;Isabelle De Smedt

  • Satellite observations reveal extreme methane leakage from a natural gas well blowout

    Sudhanshu Pandey;Sudhanshu Pandey;Ritesh Gautam;Sander Houweling;Sander Houweling;Hugo Denier Van Der Gon

  • Global distribution of methane emissions, emission trends, and OH concentrations and trends inferred from an inversion of GOSAT satellite data for 2010–2015

    Joannes D. Maasakkers;Joannes D. Maasakkers;Daniel J. Jacob;Melissa P. Sulprizio;Tia R. Scarpelli

  • Satellite-based survey of extreme methane emissions in the Permian basin

    Itziar Irakulis-Loitxate;Luis Guanter;Yin-Nian Liu;Daniel J. Varon

  • Using satellites to uncover large methane emissions from landfills

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  • Worldwide biogenic soil NO x emissions inferred from OMI NO 2 observations

    G. C. M. Vinken;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;J. D. Maasakkers;J. D. Maasakkers;M. Adon;M. Adon

  • Global distribution of methane emissions: a comparative inverse analysis of observations from the TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite instruments

    Zhen Qu;Daniel J. Jacob;Lu Shen;Xiao Lu

  • Vast CO2 release from Australian fires in 2019-2020 constrained by satellite.

    Ivar R. van der Velde;Ivar R. van der Velde;Guido R. van der Werf;Sander Houweling;Sander Houweling;Joannes D. Maasakkers

  • Satellites Detect Abatable Super-Emissions in One of the World’s Largest Methane Hotspot Regions

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  • A large increase in U.S. methane emissions over the past decade inferred from satellite data and surface observations

    A. J. Turner;D. J. Jacob;J. Benmergui;S. C. Wofsy

  • Attribution of the accelerating increase in atmospheric methane during 2010–2018 by inverse analysis of GOSAT observations

    Yuzhong Zhang;Yuzhong Zhang;Daniel J. Jacob;Xiao Lu;Joannes D. Maasakkers

  • Global methane budget and trend, 2010–2017: complementarity of inverse analyses using in situ (GLOBALVIEWplus CH 4 ObsPack) and satellite (GOSAT) observations

    Xiao Lu;Daniel J. Jacob;Yuzhong Zhang;Yuzhong Zhang;Joannes D. Maasakkers

  • A global gridded (0.1° × 0.1°) inventory of methane emissions from oil, gas, and coal exploitation based on national reports to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    Tia R. Scarpelli;Daniel J. Jacob;Joannes D. Maasakkers;Melissa P. Sulprizio

  • Multisatellite Imaging of a Gas Well Blowout Enables Quantification of Total Methane Emissions

    Daniel H. Cusworth;Riley M. Duren;Riley M. Duren;Andrew K. Thorpe;Sudhanshu Pandey

  • Quantifying methane emissions from natural gas production in north-eastern Pennsylvania

    Zachary R. Barkley;Thomas Lauvaux;Kenneth J. Davis;Aijun Deng

  • 2010–2015 North American methane emissions, sectoral contributions, and trends: a high-resolution inversion of GOSAT observations of atmospheric methane

    Joannes D. Maasakkers;Joannes D. Maasakkers;Daniel J. Jacob;Melissa P. Sulprizio;Tia R. Scarpelli

  • Methane Emissions from Superemitting Coal Mines in Australia Quantified Using TROPOMI Satellite Observations.

    Pankaj Sadavarte;Sudhanshu Pandey;Joannes D Maasakkers;Alba Lorente

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Jacob
Daniel J. Jacob Harvard University
Ilse Aben
Ilse Aben Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Sander Houweling
Sander Houweling Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Melissa P. Sulprizio
Melissa P. Sulprizio Harvard University
Robert J. Parker
Robert J. Parker University of Leicester
Ritesh Gautam
Ritesh Gautam Environmental Defense Fund
Kevin W. Bowman
Kevin W. Bowman California Institute of Technology
Daniel Zavala-Araiza
Daniel Zavala-Araiza Environmental Defense Fund
Hartmut Boesch
Hartmut Boesch University of Bremen
Steven P. Hamburg
Steven P. Hamburg Environmental Defense Fund

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