Global emissions of nitrogen and sulfur oxides in fossil fuel combustion 1970-1986
- New York State Univ., Stony Brook (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA (United States)
Statistical models previously introduced by the authors for estimating emission rates from rates of fuel combustion have been utilized to obtain emissions of nitrogen and sulfur gases in fossil fuel combustion for every country in the world for every year from 1970 to 1986. Changes in the global emission rates of these gases are presented together with the trends over individual continents. Global emissions of NO{sub x} increased by nearly a third in this period, i.e., from 18 Mt N/year in 1970 to 24 Mt N/year in 1986. Emissions of SO{sub x} increased by approximately 18%, from 57 MtS/year in 1970 to 67 Mt S/year in 1986. The geographical distribution of No{sub x} and So{sub x} emissions for 1986 are presented on a latitude-longitude grid suitable for use in three-dimensional simulations of atmospheric chemistry in general circulation models.
- OSTI ID:
- 5461987
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association; (United States), Vol. 42:2; ISSN 1047-3289
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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