A21A-0030
Comprehensive Black Carbon Emission Inventory of India: Uncertainty Analyses
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Umed Paliwal1, John F Burkhart2,3 and Mukesh Sharma1, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Civil Enginering, Kanpur, India, (2)University of Oslo, Geosciences, Oslo, Norway, (3)University of California, Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, United States
Abstract:
We present a new GIS based comprehensive high resolution grid wise emission inventory of Black carbon from India in the year 2011. The emissions have been determined at district level and were spatially distributed into grids at a resolution of 40x40 km2. The uncertainty in emissions has been estimated using Monte Carlo simulation by considering the variability in activity data and emission factors. Monthly variation of BC emissions has also been determined. The total BC annual emission for India in 2011 is determined to be 892.12 ± 151.53 Gg/yr. Domestic fuels contributed maximum (48%) followed by Industry (22%), Transport (17%), open burning (12%) and others (1%).
