Atmospheric monitoring and inverse modelling for verification of greenhouse gas inventories

Aardenne, John van; Basu, Sourish; Bovensmann, H; Brunner, Dominik; Chevallier, Frederic; Ciais, P.; Crisp, D.; Danila, Ana Maria; Dlugokencky, E.; Engelen, R; Gerbig, Christoph; Günther, Dirk; Hammer, Samuel; Henne, S.; Houweling, S.; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet; Karstens, U.; Kort, Eric; Levin, Ingeborg; Maione, M.; Manning, A; Meijer, Y.; Miller, J.; Montzka, S.; Pandey, S.; Peters, Wouter; Peylin, P.; Pinty, Bernard; Ramonet, Michel; Reimann, Stefan; Rockmann, Thomas; Schmidt, Martina; Strogies, Michael; Sussams, Julia; Tarasova, O; Thompson, Rona Louise; Vermeulen, Alex; Vogel, Felix; Weiss, Ray

Publication details

Series: EUR

Publisher: Publications Office of the European Union

Year: 2018

ISBN: 9789279889394

Fulltekst: dx.doi.org/10.2760/759928

Summary:
The Paris Agreement requires accurate accounting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by all countries. Complementary to bottom-up emission inventories, global, regional and national GHG emissions can be estimated using atmospheric measurements and atmospheric models (the "top-down" approach). This report provides an overview of current capabilities, potential, and further perspectives to use the "top-down" approach to evaluate and improve estimates of greenhouse gas emissions in support of the Paris Agreement.