Description: The Kyoto Protocol, which the EU has recently ratified, calls for a quantitative reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2008 to 2010. However global emissions, sources and sinks, are not accurately known. EVERGREEN proposes to improve this situation by using the measurements of ENVISAT, a European Earth Observation satellite. Improved greenhouse gas emission inventories will be produced from a combination of measurement and (inverse) modelling. The feasibility and quality of the method will be assessed. Measurements include (partial) columns of CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, O3, NO2 and H2O. The focus will be on methane and carbon monoxide and on regional and seasonal variations. Carbon dioxide source and sink strengths will be included on a best-effort basis. End-user involvement is arranged through participation of one coal industry and several national/European institutes, with responsibility for environment and climate issues.
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Origins: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Treibhausgasinventar ? Infrarotstrahlung ? Kohleindustrie ? Erdbeobachtungssatellit ? Treibhausgasemission ? Messtechnik ? Kohlendioxid ? Kohlenmonoxid ? Methan ? Satellit ? Luftverschmutzung ? Kyoto-Protokoll ? Bildverarbeitung ? Treibhausgasminderung ? Datenverarbeitung ? Anthropogener Klimawandel ? Messdaten ? Messverfahren ? Monitoring ? Wolke ? Luftschadstoff ? Modellierung ? Satellitenfernerkundung ? Klimafolgen ? Globale Emission ? Fernerkundung ? Kenngröße ? Treibhauseffekt ? Treibhausgas ? Atmosphäre ? Datenerhebung ? FP5-EESD ? SCIMACHY ? Vermeidung und Verminderung des Klimawandels ? ENVISAT ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2003-02-01 - 2006-01-31
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