CIERA Community Initiative for Emissions Research and Applications 1 Claire Granier Université Pierre et Marie Curie/LATMOS, Paris, France and NOAA/ESRL & Univ. Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, Colorado Gregory J. Frost, NOAA/ESRL & Univ. Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, Colorado Jean-François Lamarque, NCAR/ACD & CGD, Boulder, Colorado Stefan Falke, Northrop Grumman & Washington Univ., St. Louis, Missouri Terry Keating, EPA/OAR, Washington, DC Paulette Middleton, Panorama Pathways, Boulder, Colorado Gabrielle Pétron, NOAA/ESRL & Univ. Colorado/CIRES, Boulder, Colorado Steven J. Smith, DOE/PNNL & Univ. Maryland/JGCRI, College Park, Maryland Megan L. Melamed, AAAS Fellow, EPA/NCER, Washington, D.C. Species considered: CO2, CH4, CO, NOx, SO2, NMVOCs, particles
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CIERACommunity Initiative for Emissions Research and Applications
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Claire Granier Université Pierre et Marie Curie/LATMOS, Paris, France and
Steven J. Smith, DOE/PNNL & Univ. Maryland/JGCRI, College Park, MarylandMegan L. Melamed, AAAS Fellow, EPA/NCER, Washington, D.C.
Species considered: CO2, CH4, CO, NOx, SO2, NMVOCs, particles
Why We Care About Emissions
Quantitative emission information is needed for:•Accounting for the past & observing and calculating the present•Predicting and projecting the future•Taking action for mitigation, adaptation, etc.•Defining win-win climate/air quality strategies•Making choices: Which “knob” to turn? Is one better than the other?
Do we have emissions data accurate enough for our modeling/analysis work?
Actions and decisions about the atmosphere focus on emissions
Slide courtesy of A.R. Ravishankara2
Emissions for IPCC AR5 simulations: anchor point in 2000 (2005 for CO2)
• Historical emissions: harmonization for 10 sectors and 40 regions
• Best estimate for 2000: combination of global and regional datasets
• Emissions available every 10 years at 0.5-degree
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Global surface emissions post-2000: Emissions of most compounds not available after 2000 Use of the future scenarios developed for IPCC AR5 RCPs = Representative Concentrations Pathways) Continuity in 2000 (handshake)
Linear interpolation between 2000 and 2005/2010 of emissions provided by the RCPs
From: IIASA RCP database
Are any of these emissions accurate?
A systematic evaluation of surface emissions has started within GEIA (Global Emissions Inventory Activity), a sub-project of AIMES
Open to all people willing to propose new data / analyze results
Start with the 1980-2010 period
Only publicly available gridded inventories considered so far
Focus on: CO, NOx, SO2 and BC
Assess whether one of the 2000-2010 scenarios is closer than the others to regional emissions available after 2000, assuming regional emissions are more accurate
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Example: Evaluation of emissions
Analysis of the differences and improvements of the emissions inventories requires the knowledge of data currently not available
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Example: Evaluation of emissions
Analysis of the differences and improvements of the emissions inventories requires the knowledge of data currently not available
Examples of comparison of anthropogenic emissions
SO2 China(Tg/yr)
Examples of comparison of anthropogenic emissions
SO2 China (Tg/yr)
But, are regional emissions really more accurate Based on reported data by countries/states/…
CO emissions (Tg/yr)
CO traffic emissions from reported data
CO emissions inferred from observations
From Parrish, Atmos. Env.
2006
Drivers for the Development of CIERA
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•What is the problem?Current emission inventories are incompatible with and inadequate for the needs of the atmospheric research community’s multi-scale modeling and analysis of observations.
•Why now? The work performed by the community is much more reliant on complex modeling and observational systems. Emissions data are a key input.
•Who might be interested? •All scientists using models and analyzing observations.•All groups working on generation of emission datasets and associate impact of control, abatement, and regulation.
Air Quality and Climate: The Way They Were
Different scales, regulations, and research have led to different approaches
Air Quality Climate
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Regulation Research
Inventories Observations
ModelsRegulation Research
Regulation Research Regulation Research
Inventories Observations
ModelsRegulation Research
Regulation Research
Time ScalesHours - Weeks
RegionalLocal
Spatial ScalesTime Scales
Months - Centuries
Global
Spatial Scales
Regional
Air Quality and Climate: How They Are Evolving
As these issues increasingly overlap, new approaches are needed
CIERA Components and Activities•Web infrastructure•Development & analysis of data sets•Outreach to different communities•User support
CIERA Components and Activities•Web infrastructure•Development & analysis of data sets•Outreach to different communities•User support
CIERA Vision:Coordinated Emission Activities
Optimized emissions information from enhanced evaluations, impact studies,
assessments, and communication
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Assessmentsand consensus emissions data
Evaluations of emission data
Turnbull et al., 2010
Impactsof emissions on AQ & climate
Shindell et al., 2008
Communicationforum for emissions research
Observations
CIERA Vision:Distributed Emission Data System
Data Tools
Inventories,Emission Models
Web-based, open, multi-scale, consistent air quality & climate
emissions system
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Earth System Models
Kim et al., 2006Levy et al., 2008
Ginoux, 2009
CIERA Components and Activities
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Web infrastructure•Build database system•Tools for analysis and visualization
Development/ analysis of data sets•Open-source emission system•User-friendly emission model interfaces•Data evaluation and feedback•Documentation and metadata
Outreach to community•Workshops and schools•Assessments
User support•Questions from users•Cross-platform development•Training
Emissions Databases
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CIERA will benefit from the emissions portal developed by GEIA: http:geiacenter.organd of the new database with interactive graphics/tools:http://ether.ipsl.fr
CIERA Action Items
•Build an international partnership•Form working groups•Encourage application of CIERA to emissions research•Strengthen feedbacks between research & regulatory communities
•Building the CIERA database•Connect emission portals•Incorporate data sets•Incorporate and develop tools
•Developing the CIERA vision and scope•Write scientific papers•Show synergies and progress from CIERA effort•Establish CIERA as a sustainable program