Title
Evolution of anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of air pollutants at global and regional scales during the 1980-2010 period
Author
Granier, C.
Bessagnet, B.
Bond, T.
D'Angiola, A.
van der Gon, H.D.
Frost, G.J.
Heil, A.
Kaiser, J.W.
Kinne, S.
Klimont, Z.
Kloster, S.
Lamarque, J.-F.
Liousse, C.
Masui, T.
Meleux, F.
Mieville, A.
Ohara, T.
Raut, J.-C.
Riahi, K.
Schultz, M.G.
Smith, S.J.
Thompson, A.
van Aardenne, J.
van der Werf, G.R.
van Vuuren, D.P.
Publication year
2011
Abstract
Several different inventories of global and regional anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions are assessed for the 1980-2010 period. The species considered in this study are carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and black carbon. The inventories considered include the ACCMIP historical emissions developed in support of the simulations for the IPCC AR5 assessment. Emissions for 2005 and 2010 from the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) are also included. Large discrepancies between the global and regional emissions are identified, which shows that there is still no consensus on the best estimates for surface emissions of atmospheric compounds. At the global scale, anthropogenic emissions of CO, NOx and SO2 show the best agreement for most years, although agreement does not necessarily mean that uncertainty is low. The agreement is low for BC emissions, particularly in the period prior to 2000. The best consensus is for NOx emissions for all periods and all regions, except for China, where emissions in 1980 and 1990 need to be better defined. Emissions of CO need better quantification in the USA and India for all periods; in Central Europe, the evolution of emissions during the past two decades needs to be better determined. The agreement between the different SO2 emissions datasets is rather good for the USA, but better quantification is needed elsewhere, particularly for Central Europe, India and China. The comparisons performed in this study show that the use of RCP8. 5 for the extension of the ACCMIP inventory beyond 2000 is reasonable, until more global or regional estimates become available. Concerning biomass burning emissions, most inventories agree within 50-80%, depending on the year and season. The large differences between biomass burning inventories are due to differences in the estimates of burned areas from the different available products, as well as in the amount of biomass burned. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Subject
Earth & Environment
CAS - Climate, Air and Sustainability
EELS - Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences
Geosciences
Air pollutants
Anthropogenic emissions
Best estimates
Biomass burning emissions
Biomass-burning
Black carbon
Burned areas
Central Europe
Data sets
Global scale
Historical emissions
Regional scale
Surface emissions
Biomass
Carbon monoxide
Estimation
Nitrogen oxides
Particulate emissions
Sulfur
Sulfur dioxide
Air pollution
anthropogenic source
atmospheric pollution
biomass burning
black carbon
carbon monoxide
data set
emission inventory
global perspective
nitrogen oxides
regional pattern
sulfur dioxide
Central Europe
China
India
United States
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TNO identifier
442975
ISSN
0165-0009
Source
Climatic Change, 109 (1), 163-190
Document type
article