Global Emission Inventory and Atmospheric Transport of Black Carbon : Evaluation of the Associated Exposure (Springer Theses) （2015）

Wang, Rong

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K（2015/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 153 p.
• 商品コード 9783662464786

Full Description

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.

Contents

Introduction.- Research Background.- Methodology.- Global high-resolution fuel combustion data set.- Global emissions of black carbon from motor vehicles.- Black carbon emissions in China.- Global black carbon emission inventory.- Atmospheric transport modelling of black carbon.- Global population exposure to ambient black carbon.- Conclusion and limitation.