IPCC SRES Fluorinated Gas Emissions Projections 1990-2100

Projected global and regional emissions for five fluorinated gas groups (HFCs, PFCs, SF6, CFCs, HCFCs) are provided at 10-year intervals. The dataset contains scenario-based projections from 1990 through 2100, developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It is distributed by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Use Cases

• Analyze emission trajectories for specific gas groups like HFCs and PFCs across different IPCC SRES scenarios.
• Model atmospheric concentration and radiative forcing impacts using the decadal SF6 and CFC emissions projections.
• Compare regional emission pathways for HCFCs against global totals to assess compliance with international protocols.
• Validate integrated assessment models by benchmarking their fluorinated gas outputs against the authoritative IPCC scenario data.

Strengths

• Covers a 110-year projection period from 1990 to 2100.
• Includes emissions for five distinct fluorinated gas groups.
• Provides data at both global and regional spatial scales.
• Based on the authoritative IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) framework.

Limitations

• Projection data is at a coarse 10-year temporal resolution.
• Scenarios are based on older SRES frameworks and may not reflect latest socio-economic pathways.
• Specific row counts, column details, and underlying uncertainty metrics are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), distributed by Columbia University CIESIN.

Collection Method

Scenario-based modeling projections from the IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES).

Time Range

1990 to 2100 (projections at 10-year intervals).

Freshness

Projections extend to 2100, but the underlying scenario framework (SRES) is from earlier IPCC assessments.

Geography

Global and regional coverage.