The paper considers the behavior of total methane content in the atmosphere of Western Siberia obtained using the global chemical transport model MOZART-4 (Model for OZone And Related chemical Tracers, version 4). We discuss details of the model configuration for simulation of methane content until the end of the XXI century within the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). Boundary conditions at the lower levels of the model (methane content in the surface air layer) was obtained using data from the Earth System Research Laboratories (ESRL) project and the results of the Atmospheric Chemistry-Transport Models (ACTM) for 2007–2010. The methane content in the stratosphere was also defining according to the ACTM results. The climate data used in MOZART-4 is based on the results of the Goddard Earth Observing System, Version 5 (GEOS-5). The modification of the boundary conditions carried out in the work made it possible to reproduce the summer and winter maximum in the annual course of CH4. These results are confirmed by satellite and aircraft observations made on the territory of Western Siberia. It was found that the total methane content in the atmosphere of the studied region (45–65 N, 60–90 E) in 2000–2020 increased with a trend of about 3.5 ± 0.2 ppb/year. In 2000–2006, there is virtually no trend. The increase of CH4 in 2007–2020 has a trend of ∼ 5.0 ± 0.2 ppb/year. The global data obtained as a result of the simulation can be used as initial and boundary conditions of the chemical version of the regional climate model RegCM-CHEM4.
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