Global Emission Inventory and Atmospheric Transport of Black Carbon [electronic resource] : Evaluation of the Associated Exposure /
Wang, Rong.author.
This thesis presents research focusing on the improvement of high-resolution global black carbon (BC) emission inventory and application in assessing the population exposure to ambient BC. A particular focus of the thesis is on the construction of a high-resolution (both spatial and sectorial) fuel consumption database, which is used to develop the emission inventory of black carbon. Above all, the author updates the global emission inventory of black carbon, a resource subsequently used to study the atmospheric transport of black carbon over Asia with the help of a high-resolution nested model. The thesis demonstrates that spatial bias in fuel consumption and BC emissions can be reduced by means of the sub-national disaggregation approach. Using the inventory and nested model, ambient BC concentrations can be better validated against observations. Lastly, it provides a complete uncertainty analysis of global black carbon emissions, and this uncertainty is taken into account in the atmospheric modeling, helping to better understand the role of black carbon in regional and global air pollution.
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""Supervisorâ€?s Foreword""; ""Abstract""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 Main Objectives""; ""1.3 Thesis Structure""; ""References""; ""2 Research Background""; ""2.1 Sources of Black Carbon in the Atmosphere""; ""2.2 Climate Effects of Black Carbon""; ""2.3 Health Effects of Black Carbon""; ""2.4 Emission Inventories of Black Carbon""; ""2.5 Health Assessments of Black Carbon""; ""References""; ""3 Research Method""; ""3.1 Global High-Resolution Fuel Database in 2007 (PKU-FUEL-2007)""; ""3.1.1 Combustion Sources""
""3.1.2 Compilation of Fuel Consumption Data""""3.1.3 Construction of CO2 Emission Maps""; ""3.1.4 Uncertainty of the Fuel and CO2 Inventory""; ""3.2 Estimation of BC Emissions""; ""3.2.1 Emission Factors of BC""; ""3.2.2 Technology Splits""; ""3.2.3 Fuel Consumption Data""; ""3.3 Atmospheric Transport Models of BC""; ""References""; ""4 Development of a High-Resolution Fuel Consumptions Database""; ""4.1 Global Fuel Consumption by Sector in 2007""; ""4.2 High-Resolution Maps of Fuel Consumptions""; ""4.3 High-Resolution Maps of CO2 Emissions""
""4.4 Comparison with a Traditionally Disaggregated Map""""4.5 Uncertainty of the Data""; ""References""; ""5 Global Black Carbon Emissions from Motor Vehicles""; ""5.1 Regression Models of BC Emission Factors for Motor Vehicles""; ""5.2 Effect of Technology Transfer from Developed to Developing Countries""; ""5.3 Global BC Emissions from Motor Vehicles""; ""5.4 Emission Factors for Battery Coking""; ""References""; ""6 Emissions of Black Carbon in China from 1949 to 2050""; ""6.1 BC Emissions from China in 2007""; ""6.2 County-Level BC Emissions in China""
""6.3 Comparison with a Mock-Up Inventory""""6.4 Comparison with Previous Inventories""; ""6.5 BC Emissions in China from 1949 to 2007""; ""6.6 BC Emissions in China from 2008 to 2050""; ""References""; ""7 Global Emissions of Black Carbon from 1960 to 2007""; ""7.1 Global BC Emissions in 2007""; ""7.2 Historical BC Emissions from 1960 to 2007""; ""References""; ""8 Concentration, Ambient Exposure, and Inhalation Intake of Black Carbon""; ""8.1 Modelled Surface Concentrations of BC""; ""8.2 Evaluation of the Modelled Surface BC Concentrations""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This thesis presents research focusing on the improvement of high-resolution global black carbon (BC) emission inventory and application in assessing the population exposure to ambient BC. A particular focus of the thesis is on the construction of a high-resolution (both spatial and sectorial) fuel consumption database, which is used to develop the emission inventory of black carbon. Above all, the author updates the global emission inventory of black carbon, a resource subsequently used to study the atmospheric transport of black carbon over Asia with the help of a high-resolution nested model. The thesis demonstrates that spatial bias in fuel consumption and BC emissions can be reduced by means of the sub-national disaggregation approach. Using the inventory and nested model, ambient BC concentrations can be better validated against observations. Lastly, it provides a complete uncertainty analysis of global black carbon emissions, and this uncertainty is taken into account in the atmospheric modeling, helping to better understand the role of black carbon in regional and global air pollution.
Air pollution.
Atmospheric sciences.
Climate change.
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.
Atmospheric Sciences.
Climate Change.