Natural Emissions on Global Scale
Book chapter, 2023

Precise characterization of sources of chemical compounds from the Earth’s surface into the atmosphere is crucial information for air quality and climate models. In this chapter, we review the main sources of natural emissions includ­ing emissions from vegetation, soils, oceans, volcanoes, and emissions of dust. Methodology for emission estimation is described for each source, identifying the main emitted chemical species and processes driving the emission. Examples of input information to the emission models are given together with global emission estimates and their spatiotemporal distribution.

Author

Katerina Sindelarova

Charles University

Santiago Arellano

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Paul Ginoux

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

C. Granier

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Laboratoire dAerologie UMR 5560

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Sinikka T. Lennartz

The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

David Simpson

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Handbook of Air Quality and Climate Change

53-93
978-981152760-9 (ISBN)

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Environmental Sciences

DOI

10.1007/978-981-15-2760-9_7

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2/19/2025