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Production of CO2 from Fossil Fuel Burning by Fuel Type, 1860-1982

Dataset ·
 [1];  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Institute for Energy Analysis; OSTI
  2. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Institute for Energy Analysis
Global carbon dioxide emissions for 1950 through 1982 were estimated by Marland and Rotty (1984) from fuel production data from the U.N. Energy Statistics Yearbook (1983, 1984). Data before 1950 came from Keeling (1973). Fuel-production data were used in these calculations because they appeared to be more reliable on a global basis than fuel-consumption data. The data given are the year and annual global CO2 emissions (annual global total; cumulative global total since 1860; and annual global emissions from solid fuels, liquid fuels, natural gas, gas flaring, and cement manufacturing). These data provide the only pre-1950 estimates of the amount of carbon emitted to the atmosphere from fossil-fuel burning. The CO2 emission record since 1950 has been updated and revised several times with the most recent estimates being published by Marland et al. (1989).For access to the data files, click this link to the CDIAC data transition website: http://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/ndps/ndp006.html
Research Organization:
Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem
Sponsoring Organization:
U.S. DOE > Office of Science (SC) > Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)
Contributing Organization:
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
OSTI ID:
1389465
Report Number(s):
osti:1389465; doi:10.3334/CDIAC/FFE.NDP006; cdiac:doi 10.3334/CDIAC/ffe.ndp006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English