A new global gridded data set of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion: Methodology and evaluation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Rayner, P J ^a,b   Raupach, M R ^c   Paget, M ^c   Peylin, P ^a   Koffi, E ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON INTENSITY; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SETS; DISTRIBUTION OF EMISSIONS; DOWN-SCALING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ENERGY INTENSITY; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS; HETEROGENEOUS EMISSIONS; PER CAPITA; PIXEL LEVEL; POPULATION DENSITIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; DOWNSCALING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PIXEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

TORREYA NUCIFERA;

EID: 77958120266     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013439     Document Type: Article

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