Global Carbon Monoxide Emissions Inventory for 1990 and 1995

GEIA provides a gridded carbon monoxide emissions inventory for 1990 and 1995 at a 1x1 degree resolution. The dataset quantifies emissions from both anthropogenic and natural sources, with anthropogenic data sourced from the EDGAR model. The inventory was compiled by the IGBP/IGAC Global Emissions Inventory Activity.

Use Cases

• Model global atmospheric CO concentrations by integrating gridded emissions from fossil fuel combustion (F category) and biomass burning (L category).
• Analyze the spatial distribution of industrial process emissions (I category) across the 1x1 degree grid.
• Compare changes in anthropogenic source contributions, such as waste handling (W category), between the 1990 and 1995 inventories.
• Validate regional emission estimates by disaggregating the total anthropogenic grid data into specific source sectors.
• Study the contribution of biofuel production and combustion (B category) to total CO emissions in specific geographic regions.

Strengths

• Global spatial coverage on a standardized 1x1 degree latitude-longitude grid.
• Disaggregated data for six major anthropogenic source categories (F, B, I, L, W) plus total anthropogenic.
• Provides two temporal snapshots (1990 and 1995) for analyzing changes over a five-year period.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the latest snapshot from 1995, limiting analysis of recent trends.
• The dataset lacks continuous time-series data, offering only two discrete years.
• Natural source data is referenced externally, requiring separate download and integration from GEIA.

Provenance

Source

Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) under IGBP/IGAC, with anthropogenic data from the EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) model.

Collection Method

Modeled inventory data gridded to a 1x1 degree spatial resolution.

Time Range

1990, 1995

Freshness

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Geography

Global