Beskrivning
Understanding the sources and fluxes of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is essential to develop strategies to reduce those emissions while trying to stop the global warming produced by the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere. Policies to achieve these reductions require accurate and robust estimates of these emissions by an independent monitoring system. This system must be able to separate the impact of anthropogenic CO2 emissions from the effect of the complex natural carbon cycle, which both affect atmospheric CO2 concentrations.This project aims to develop a robust method for quantifying fossil fuel CO2 emissions based on atmospheric and socioeconomic observations as well as process understanding of fossil fuel usage. More specifically it aims at combining high-precision observations of atmospheric CO2 and 14CO2 with a model of fossil fuel emissions in a Fossil Fuel Data Assimilation System (FFDAS). It will address the following objectives:
1. Quantify fossil fuel CO2 emissions including an estimate of uncertainty for Europe across countries, local regions, and larger cities consistent with independent atmospheric and socioeconomic observations over the last decade.
2. Facilitate the development of a fossil fuel CO2 emissions monitoring capacity in support of the Paris agreement for an independent Monitoring and Verification System.
3. Assess the observation strategy for 14CO2 measurements in the European ICOS network.
| Period | 2020 jan. 15 → … |
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| Examinerad/handledd person | Carlos Gomez |
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| Omfattning | Internationell |
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