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Arellano et al. 2004

Arellano, A.F., Kasibhatla, P.S., Giglio, L., van der Werf, G.R. and Randerson, J.T. (2004). Top-down estimates of global CO sources using MOPITT measurements. Geophysical Research Letters 31: doi: 10.1029/2003GL018609. issn: 0094-8276.

We present a synthesis inversion of CO emissions from various geographical regions and for various source categories for the year 2000 using CO retrievals from the MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere) instrument. We find a large discrepancy between our top-down estimates and recent bottom-up estimates of CO emissions from fossil fuel/biofuel (FFBF) use in Asia. A key conclusion of this study is that CO emissions in East Asia (EAS) are about a factor of 1.8--2 higher than recent bottom-up estimates.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Constituent sources and sinks, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Troposphere—composition and chemistry, Mathematical Geophysics, Modeling, Mathematical Geophysics, Inverse theory, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Remote sensing

Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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