These events may constitute significant components of annual reservoir - wide
CH4 emission budgets and are the subject of ongoing work, but are not included in the analyses presented here.
Human emissions continue to dominate the total
CH4 emissions budget (Solomon et al., 2007; 7.4.1).
Not exact matches
First estimates of ESAS methane
emissions indicated the current atmospheric
budget, which arises from gradual diffusion and ebullition, was on par with estimates of methane
emissions from the entire World Ocean (≈ 8 Tg -
CH4).
After accounting for errors associated with transport, planetary boundary layer height, lateral boundary conditions, seasonality of
emissions, and the spatial resolution of surface
emission prior estimates, we find that the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
CH4 budget is a factor of 1.64 too low.
Therefore, we suggest the utility of incorporating reservoir
CH4 emissions into Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
budgets.
Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, 2007: Net
emissions of
CH4 and CO2 in Alaska - Implications for the region's greenhouse gas
budget.
In contrast, anthropogenic
emissions dominate present - day
CH4 budgets, accounting for more than 60 % of the total global
budget (Table 7.6).