The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

Total anthropogenic emissions of non-CH4 volatile organic compounds

Atmospheric & Biogeochemical CyclesAir pollution

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2015) is reported.

Value:

This is equivalent to...

150 × (1 + 1.3)±1 Tg NMVOC / yr

150 × (1 + 1.3)±1 Mt NMVOC / yr
HuID: 51425
Relevant Year(s): 2015
Summary: Bottom-up estimate of anthropogenic non-methane (non-CH4) volatile organic compound (NMVOC) global emissions. NMVOCs include such compounds as benzene, xylene, propane and butane. NMVOCs contribute to the formation of ground level (tropospheric) ozone. Tropospheric ozone is an important air pollutant due to its adverse impact on human health.
Method: The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) provides independent estimates of the global anthropogenic emissions and emission trends, based on publicly available statistics. This scientific independent emission inventory is characterized by a coherent world historical trend from 1970 to year x-3, including emissions of all greenhouse gases, air pollutants and aerosols. Data are presented for all countries, with emissions provided per main source category, and spatially allocated on a 0.1x0.1 grid over the globe. The uncertainty is taken from EDGARv4.3.2, Tables S4 of Crippa et al. (2018) for non-Annex I countries, with the fractional uncertainty for 2013-2015 taken equal to that of 2012. The uncertainty reported represents one standard deviation of the assumed lognormal distribution.
Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) EDGAR v5.0 Global Air Pollutant Emissions. (2019)
Dataset: Bottom-up estimate of NMVOC emissions (EDGARv5.0) (NMVOC_emissions_processed.csv)
global resolution
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Original Data License: JRC Open Data License
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