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Top-down estimates of European CH4 and N2O emissions based on four different inverse models |
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P. Bergamaschi, M. Corazza, U. Karstens, M. Athanassiadou, R. L. Thompson, I. Pison, A. J. Manning, P. Bousquet, A. Segers, A. T. Vermeulen, G. Janssens-Maenhout, M. Schmidt, M. Ramonet, F. Meinhardt, T. Aalto, L. Haszpra, J. Moncrieff, M. E. Popa, D. Lowry, M. Steinbacher, A. Jordan, S. O'Doherty, S. Piacentino, E. Dlugokencky |
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Artikel
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 15, no. 2 ; Nr. 15, no. 2 (2015-01-19), S.715-736 |
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250119335
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/acp-15-715-2015.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
European CH4 and N2O emissions are estimated for
2006 and 2007 using four inverse modelling systems,
based on different global and regional Eulerian and Lagrangian
transport models. This ensemble approach is designed to provide more
realistic estimates of the overall uncertainties in the derived
emissions, which is particularly important for verifying bottom-up
emission inventories.
We use continuous observations from 10 European stations (including
5 tall towers) for CH4 and 9 continuous stations for
N2O, complemented by additional European and global discrete air
sampling sites. The available observations mainly constrain
CH4 and N2O emissions from north-western and eastern
Europe. The inversions are strongly driven by the observations and
the derived total emissions of larger countries show little
dependence on the emission inventories used a priori.
Three inverse models yield 26–56% higher total CH4
emissions from north-western and eastern Europe compared to
bottom-up emissions reported to the UNFCCC, while one model is close
to the UNFCCC values. In contrast, the inverse modelling estimates
of European N2O emissions are in general close to the UNFCCC
values, with the overall range from all models being much smaller
than the UNFCCC uncertainty range for most countries. Our analysis
suggests that the reported uncertainties for CH4 emissions
might be underestimated, while those for N2O emissions are
likely overestimated. |
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