HR: 1340h
AN: B23A-0950    [Abstracts]
TI: Fossil-Fuel-Derived Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Monthly Resolution for the Countries of the North American Carbon Program
AU: * Andres, R J
EM: andres@space.edu
AF: Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008 United States
AU: Gregg, J S
AF: Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008 United States
AU: Losey, L M
AF: Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008 United States
AU: Marland, G
AF: Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335 United States
AB: Examination of national statistical databases has allowed for the widely-used, CDIAC-housed data set on annual, fossil-fuel-derived carbon dioxide emissions to be subdivided into monthly time intervals. This analysis focused on establishing reliable statistics that represent the solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels consumed in each country at monthly time scales. An intermediate product of this analysis was the fraction of the annual total consumption occurring in each month for each fuel. This monthly fraction was then multiplied by the annual carbon dioxide emission value to obtain a monthly emission estimate. This has the benefit of yielding monthly and annual emissions time series that are mutually-consistent. This presentation will give monthly emissions for multiple years for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
DE: 1610 Atmosphere (0315, 0325)
DE: 0300 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
DE: 0330 Geochemical cycles
DE: 0400 Biogeosciences
SC: Biogeosciences [B]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting