Anthropogenic sulfur dioxide emissions: 1850–2005
Joint Global Change Research Institute · Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract. Sulfur aerosols impact human health, ecosystems, agriculture, and global and regional climate. A new annual estimate of anthropogenic global and regional sulfur dioxide emissions has been constructed spanning the period 1850–2005 using a bottom-up mass balance method, calibrated to country-level inventory data. Global emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general. An uncertainty analysis was conducted including both random and systemic uncertainties. The overall global uncertainty in sulfur dioxide emissions is relatively small, but regional uncertainties…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 55.71
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 62
Authors
6- SJSteven J. SmithCorresponding
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States)
- JVJ. van Aardenne
Joint Research Centre, European Environment Agency
- ZKZbigniew Klimont
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
- RJR. J. Andres
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- AVApril Volke
Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University Research Co (United States)
Topics & keywords
- Environmental science
- Sulfur dioxide
- Climate change
- China
- Greenhouse gas
- Agriculture
- Global warming
- Climatology