A novel approach for independent budgeting of fossil fuel CO2 over Europe by 14CO2 observations

Long-term atmospheric 14CO2 observations are deployed to quantify fossil fuel derived CO2 concentrations at a regional polluted site, and at a continental mountain station in south-west Germany. Fossil fuel CO2 emission rates for the relevant catchment areas are obtained by applying the Radon-Tracer...

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Weitere Verfasser: Levin, Ingeborg (BerichterstatterIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Heidelberg Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Heidelberg 2003
DOI:10.11588/heidok.00006727
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-67274
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Zusammenfassung:Long-term atmospheric 14CO2 observations are deployed to quantify fossil fuel derived CO2 concentrations at a regional polluted site, and at a continental mountain station in south-west Germany. Fossil fuel CO2 emission rates for the relevant catchment areas are obtained by applying the Radon-Tracer-Method. They are shown to compare well with statistical emissions inventories but reveal a larger seasonality than assumed earlier, thus contributing significantly to the observed CO2 seasonal cycle over Europe. Based on the present approach, emissions reductions on the order of 5-10% are detectable for catchment areas of several hundred kilometres radius, as anticipated within a five-years commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Still no significant change of fossil fuel CO2 emissions is observed at the two sites over the last 16 years.
Beschreibung:Aus: Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(23), 2194 doi. 10.1029/2003GL018477
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DOI:10.11588/heidok.00006727