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Top-down estimates of European CH4 and N2O emissions based on four different inverse models

M. Athanassiadou
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L. Thompson
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A. Manning
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A. Vermeulen
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F. Meinhardt
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E. Popa
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A. Jordan
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S. O'Doherty
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S. Piacentino
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European CH 4 and N 2 O emissions are estimated for 2006 and 2007 using four inverse modelling systems, based on different global and regional Eulerian and La-grangian transport models. This ensemble approach is designed to provide more realistic estimates of the overall uncertainties in the derived emissions, which is particularly important for verifying bottom-up emission inventories. We use continuous observations from 10 European stations (including 5 tall towers) for CH 4 and 9 continuous stations for N 2 O, complemented by additional European and global discrete air sampling sites. The available observations mainly constrain CH 4 and N 2 O emissions from northwestern and eastern Europe. The inversions are strongly driven by the observations and the derived total emissions of larger countries show little dependence on the emission inventories used a priori. Three inverse models yield 26-56 % higher total CH 4 emissions from northwestern and eastern Europe compared Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. 716 P. Bergamaschi et al.: Top-down estimates of European CH 4 and N 2 O emissions to bottom-up emissions reported to the UNFCCC, while one model is close to the UNFCCC values. In contrast, the inverse modelling estimates of European N 2 O emissions are in general close to the UNFCCC values, with the overall range from all models being much smaller than the UNFCCC uncertainty range for most countries. Our analysis suggests that the reported uncertainties for CH 4 emissions might be underestimated , while those for N 2 O emissions are likely overestimated .
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hal-01806682 , version 1 (27-10-2020)

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P. Bergamaschi, M. Corazza, U. Karstens, M. Athanassiadou, L. Thompson, et al.. Top-down estimates of European CH4 and N2O emissions based on four different inverse models. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2015, 15 (2), pp.715 - 736. ⟨10.5194/acp-15-715-2015⟩. ⟨hal-01806682⟩
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