An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons
A new analytical inversion method has been developed to determine the regional and global emissions of long-lived atmospheric trace gases. It exploits in situ measurement data from three global networks and builds on backward simulations with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model. The emission info...
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| author | Stohl, A. Seibert, P. Arduini, J. Eckhardt, S. Fraser, P. J. Greally, B. R. Lunder, Chris R. Maione, Michela Muhle, Jens O'Doherty, Simon Prinn, Ronald G. Reimann, S. Saito, T. Schmidbauer, N. Simmonds, P. G. Vollmer, M. K. Weiss, R. F. Yokouchi, Y. |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science Stohl, A. Seibert, P. Arduini, J. Eckhardt, S. Fraser, P. J. Greally, B. R. Lunder, Chris R. Maione, Michela Muhle, Jens O'Doherty, Simon Prinn, Ronald G. Reimann, S. Saito, T. Schmidbauer, N. Simmonds, P. G. Vollmer, M. K. Weiss, R. F. Yokouchi, Y. |
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| description | A new analytical inversion method has been developed to determine the regional and global emissions of long-lived atmospheric trace gases. It exploits in situ measurement data from three global networks and builds on backward simulations with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model. The emission information is extracted from the observed concentration increases over a baseline that is itself objectively determined by the inversion algorithm. The method was applied to two hydrofluorocarbons (HFC-134a, HFC-152a) and a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC-22) for the period January 2005 until March 2007. Detailed sensitivity studies with synthetic as well as with real measurement data were done to quantify the influence on the results of the a priori emissions and their uncertainties as well as of the observation and model errors. It was found that the global a posteriori emissions of HFC-134a, HFC-152a and HCFC-22 all increased from 2005 to 2006. Large increases (21%, 16%, 18%, respectively) from 2005 to 2006 were found for China, whereas the emission changes in North America (−9%, 23%, 17%, respectively) and Europe (11%, 11%, −4%, respectively) were mostly smaller and less systematic. For Europe, the a posteriori emissions of HFC-134a and HFC-152a were slightly higher than the a priori emissions reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For HCFC-22, the a posteriori emissions for Europe were substantially (by almost a factor 2) higher than the a priori emissions used, which were based on HCFC consumption data reported to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Combined with the reported strongly decreasing HCFC consumption in Europe, this suggests a substantial time lag between the reported time of the HCFC-22 consumption and the actual time of the HCFC-22 emission. Conversely, in China where HCFC consumption is increasing rapidly according to the UNEP data, the a posteriori emissions are only about 40% of the a priori emissions. This reveals a substantial storage of HCFC-22 and potential for future emissions in China. Deficiencies in the geographical distribution of stations measuring halocarbons in relation to estimating regional emissions are also discussed in the paper. Applications of the inversion algorithm to other greenhouse gases such as methane, nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide are foreseen for the future. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/631022022-10-02T00:19:05Z An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons Stohl, A. Seibert, P. Arduini, J. Eckhardt, S. Fraser, P. J. Greally, B. R. Lunder, Chris R. Maione, Michela Muhle, Jens O'Doherty, Simon Prinn, Ronald G. Reimann, S. Saito, T. Schmidbauer, N. Simmonds, P. G. Vollmer, M. K. Weiss, R. F. Yokouchi, Y. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science Prinn, Ronald G. Prinn, Ronald G. A new analytical inversion method has been developed to determine the regional and global emissions of long-lived atmospheric trace gases. It exploits in situ measurement data from three global networks and builds on backward simulations with a Lagrangian particle dispersion model. The emission information is extracted from the observed concentration increases over a baseline that is itself objectively determined by the inversion algorithm. The method was applied to two hydrofluorocarbons (HFC-134a, HFC-152a) and a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC-22) for the period January 2005 until March 2007. Detailed sensitivity studies with synthetic as well as with real measurement data were done to quantify the influence on the results of the a priori emissions and their uncertainties as well as of the observation and model errors. It was found that the global a posteriori emissions of HFC-134a, HFC-152a and HCFC-22 all increased from 2005 to 2006. Large increases (21%, 16%, 18%, respectively) from 2005 to 2006 were found for China, whereas the emission changes in North America (−9%, 23%, 17%, respectively) and Europe (11%, 11%, −4%, respectively) were mostly smaller and less systematic. For Europe, the a posteriori emissions of HFC-134a and HFC-152a were slightly higher than the a priori emissions reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For HCFC-22, the a posteriori emissions for Europe were substantially (by almost a factor 2) higher than the a priori emissions used, which were based on HCFC consumption data reported to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Combined with the reported strongly decreasing HCFC consumption in Europe, this suggests a substantial time lag between the reported time of the HCFC-22 consumption and the actual time of the HCFC-22 emission. Conversely, in China where HCFC consumption is increasing rapidly according to the UNEP data, the a posteriori emissions are only about 40% of the a priori emissions. This reveals a substantial storage of HCFC-22 and potential for future emissions in China. Deficiencies in the geographical distribution of stations measuring halocarbons in relation to estimating regional emissions are also discussed in the paper. Applications of the inversion algorithm to other greenhouse gases such as methane, nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide are foreseen for the future. 2011-05-24T20:56:53Z 2011-05-24T20:56:53Z 2009-03 2009-02 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1680-7324 1680-7316 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63102 Stohl, A., Seibert, P., Arduini, J., Eckhardt, S., Fraser, P., Greally, B. R., Lunder, C., Maione, M., Mühle, J., O'Doherty, S., Prinn, R. G., Reimann, S., Saito, T., Schmidbauer, N., Simmonds, P. G., Vollmer, M. K., Weiss, R. F., and Yokouchi, Y.: An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 1597-1620. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5925-3801 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-9-1597-2009 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ application/pdf European Geophysical Society Prof. Prinn via Chris Sherratt |
| spellingShingle | Stohl, A. Seibert, P. Arduini, J. Eckhardt, S. Fraser, P. J. Greally, B. R. Lunder, Chris R. Maione, Michela Muhle, Jens O'Doherty, Simon Prinn, Ronald G. Reimann, S. Saito, T. Schmidbauer, N. Simmonds, P. G. Vollmer, M. K. Weiss, R. F. Yokouchi, Y. An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title | An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title_full | An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title_fullStr | An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title_short | An analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases: Sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| title_sort | analytical inversion method for determining regional and global emissions of greenhouse gases sensitivity studies and application to halocarbons |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63102 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5925-3801 |
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