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Xu, R., Tian, H., Pan, N., Thompson, R.L., Canadell, J.G., Davidson, E.A., Nevison, C., Winiwarter, W. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-1496, Shi, H., Pan, S., Chang, J., Ciais, P., Dangal, S.R.S., Ito, A., Jackson, R.B., Joos, F., Lauerwald, R., Lienert, S., Maavara, T., Millet, D.B., et al.
(2021).
Magnitude and Uncertainty of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From North America Based on Bottom‐Up and Top‐Down Approaches: Informing Future Research and National Inventories.
Geophysical Research Letters 48 (23) e2021GL095264. 10.1029/2021GL095264.
Abstract
We synthesized N2O emissions over North America using 17 bottom-up (BU) estimates from 1980–2016 and five top-down (TD) estimates from 1998 to 2016. The BU-based total emission shows a slight increase owing to U.S. agriculture, while no consistent trend is shown in TD estimates. During 2007–2016, North American N2O emissions are estimated at 1.7 (1.0–3.0) Tg N yr−1 (BU) and 1.3 (0.9–1.5) Tg N yr−1 (TD). Anthropogenic emissions were twice as large as natural fluxes from soil and water. Direct agricultural and industrial activities accounted for 68% of total anthropogenic emissions, 71% of which was contributed by the U.S. Our estimates of U.S. agricultural emissions are comparable to the EPA greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, which includes estimates from IPCC tier 1 (emission factor) and tier 3 (process-based modeling) approaches. Conversely, our estimated agricultural emissions for Canada and Mexico are twice as large as the respective national GHG inventories.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Programs: | Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) > Pollution Management (PM) |
| Depositing User: | Luke Kirwan |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2022 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Mar 2022 13:20 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/17914 |
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