Collection Citation
| Collection Title | Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data and Data Plots from Project Vulcan | ||
| Collection Creator/PI | Gurney, Kevin (PI and spokesperson for the Vulcan Collaboration) | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE - Office of Science (SC) | ||
| Other Sponsors | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | ||
| Host Website | Purdue University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | ||
| Other Related Organizations | Purdue University; Colorado State University; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) | ||
| Main Content Type | Figures/Plots; Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 54 - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | ||
| Keywords | North American Carbon Program (NCAP); Fossil fuels; Carbon Dioxide; Emissions; | ||
| Description | The Vulcan Project is a NASA/DOE funded effort under the North American Carbon Program (NACP) to quantify North American fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at space and time scales much finer than has been achieved in the past. The purpose is to aid in quantification of the North American carbon budget, to support inverse estimation of carbon sources and sinks, and to support the demands posed by higher resolution CO2 observations (in situ and remotely sensed). The detail and scope of the Vulcan CO2 inventory has also made it a valuable tool for policymakers, demographers, social scientists and the public at large. The Vulcan project has achieved the quantification of the 2002 U.S. fossil fuel CO2 emissions at the scale of individual factories, powerplants, roadways and neighborhoods on an hourly basis. The entire inventory was built on a common 10 km x 10 km grid to facilitate atmospheric modeling. In addition to improvement in space and time resolution, Vulcan is quantified at the level of fuel type, economic sub-sector, and county/state identification. Explore the Vulcan website for the Vulcan gridded data, methodological details, publications, plots and analysis.[Taken from "About Project Vulcan" at http://www.purdue.edu/eas/carbon/vulcan/index.php] | ||
| DDE Number | DDE00335 | ||
| Special Interface | No | ||
| Registration_Required | No |
