Journal article

A synthesis of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel combustion

RJ Andres, TA Boden, FM Bréon, P Ciais, S Davis, D Erickson, JS Gregg, A Jacobson, G Marland, J Miller, T Oda, JGJ Olivier, MR Raupach, P Rayner, K Treanton

Biogeosciences | Published : 2012

Abstract

This synthesis discusses the emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel combustion and cement production. While much is known about these emissions, there is still much that is unknown about the details surrounding these emissions. This synthesis explores our knowledge of these emissions in terms of why there is concern about them; how they are calculated; the major global efforts on inventorying them; their global, regional, and national totals at different spatial and temporal scales; how they are distributed on global grids (i.e., maps); how they are transported in models; and the uncertainties associated with these different aspects of the emissions. The magnitude of emissions from the..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The work of RJA, TAB, and DE was sponsored by US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER) programs and performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the US Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. The submitted manuscript has been co-authored by a contractor of the US Government under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. Accordingly, the US Government retains a nonexclusive, royalty-free license to publish or reproduce the published form of this contribution, or allow others to do so, for US Government purposes. JGJO acknowledges the European Union's Joint Research Centre (EU-JRC) for the maintenance of the EDGAR system and for making the data of EDGAR 4.2 publicly available. PR is in receipt of an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship (DP1096309). KT's copyright for this publication is held by the International Energy Agency, an autonomous agency within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.