Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1987-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1987-2018
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26 Oct 2018
Peer-reviewed comment |  | 26 Oct 2018

Gridded emissions of air pollutants for the period 1970–2012 within EDGAR v4.3.2

Monica Crippa, Diego Guizzardi, Marilena Muntean, Edwin Schaaf, Frank Dentener, John A. van Aardenne, Suvi Monni, Ulrike Doering, Jos G. J. Olivier, Valerio Pagliari, and Greet Janssens-Maenhout

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EDGAR v4.3.2 is a global bottom-up emission inventory providing consistent anthropogenic emissions of gaseous and particulate air pollutants for 1970–2012 (with annual and monthly resolution) and grid maps with 0.1° × 0.1° resolution. We compare world regions using per capita and per GDP emissions, implied emissions per unit of energy, and emission ratios of co-emitted pollutants. We also show the growth of high-emitting areas (e.g. China, India) and the implications for global air quality.