A technology‐based global inventory of black and organic carbon emissions from combustion

We present a global tabulation of black carbon (BC) and primary organic carbon (OC) particles emitted from combustion. We include emissions from fossil fuels, biofuels, open biomass burning, and burning of urban waste. Previous “bottom‐up” inventories of black and organic carbon have assigned emission factors on the basis of fuel type and economic sector alone. Because emission rates are highly dependent on combustion practice, we consider combinations of fuel, combustion type, and emission controls and their prevalence on a regional basis. Central estimates of global annual emissions are 8.0 Tg for black carbon and 33.9 Tg for organic carbon. These estimates are lower than previously published estimates by…

• NS
  National Science Foundation
• UO
  University of Washington
• NO
  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• BA
  Biological and Environmental Research
• AN
  Argonne National Laboratory
• NP
  NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory