eprintid: 14531
rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2017-04-11 08:50:44
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type: article
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creators_name: Gasser, T.
creators_name: Peters, G.P.
creators_name: Fuglestvedt, J.S.
creators_name: Collins, W.J.
creators_name: Shindell, D.T.
creators_name: Ciais, P.
creators_id: 2136
creators_orcid: 0000-0003-4882-2647
title: Accounting for the climate-carbon feedback in emission metrics
ispublished: pub
divisions: prog_esm
abstract: Most emission metrics have previously been inconsistently estimated by including the climate–carbon feedback for the reference gas (i.e. CO2) but not the other species (e.g. CH4). In the fifth assessment report of the IPCC, a first attempt was made to consistently account for the climate–carbon feedback in emission metrics. This attempt was based on only one study, and therefore the IPCC concluded that more research was needed. Here, we carry out this research. First, using the simple Earth system model OSCAR v2.2, we establish a new impulse response function for the climate–carbon feedback. Second, we use this impulse response function to provide new estimates for the two most common metrics: global warming potential (GWP) and global temperature-change potential (GTP). We find that, when the climate–carbon feedback is correctly accounted for, the emission metrics of non-CO2 species increase, but in most cases not as much as initially indicated by IPCC. We also find that, when the feedback is removed for both the reference and studied species, these relative metric values only have modest changes compared to when the feedback is included (absolute metrics change more markedly). Including or excluding the climate–carbon feedback ultimately depends on the user's goal, but consistency should be ensured in either case.
date: 2017-04-10
date_type: published
publisher: Copernicus
id_number: 10.5194/esd-8-235-2017
creators_browse_id: 2885
full_text_status: public
publication: Earth System Dynamics
volume: 8
number: 2
pagerange: 235-253
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2190-4987
projects: Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society (IMBALANCE-P, FP7 610028)
projects: Infrastructure for the European Network for Earth System modelling - Phase 2 (IS-ENES2 ,FP7 312979)
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fp7_project: yes
fp7_project_id: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/610028/EU/Effects of phosphorus limitations on Life, Earth system and Society/IMBALANCE-P; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/312979/EU/Infrastructure for the European Network for Earth System modelling - Phase 2/IS-ENES
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access_rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
citation:   Gasser, T. <https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/view/iiasa/2885.html> ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-2647 <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4882-2647>, Peters, G.P., Fuglestvedt, J.S., Collins, W.J., Shindell, D.T., & Ciais, P.  (2017).  Accounting for the climate-carbon feedback in emission metrics.   Earth System Dynamics 8 (2) 235-253. 10.5194/esd-8-235-2017 <https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-235-2017>.       
document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14531/1/esd-8-235-2017.pdf