The Reactive Chlorine Emissions Inventory (RCEI) provides gridded global emissions estimates for major reactive chlorine species. It was developed by the Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project, integrating contributions from multiple international institutions. The inventory allows for quantitative differentiation of natural and anthropogenic source magnitudes and assesses associated uncertainties.
Use Cases
- Modeling atmospheric transport and chemistry of chlorine species based on gridded emissions fluxes.
- Differentiating the relative magnitude of natural versus anthropogenic chlorine sources based on the integrated inventory.
- Assessing uncertainty in emission estimates for reactive chlorinated compounds as part of the project's critical analysis.
- Informing regulatory strategy decisions regarding chlorinated compounds based on the quantitative source differentiation.
Strengths
- Provides the first integrated, gridded global estimates for reactive chlorine emissions fluxes.
- Inventory is developed on a 1 degree x 1 degree grid scale for spatial analysis.
- Critically assesses overall uncertainties for each individual and composite inventory.
Limitations
- Last updated 1990-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Global Emissions Inventory Activity (GEIA) of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Project.
- Collection Method
- Integrated estimates developed by investigators from several institutions with expertise in specific fields.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- 1990-12-31 23:59:59.999000
- Geography
- Global scale