QoG Data

EDGAR - Global Air Pollutant Emissions

The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) provides global past and present-day anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants by country and on a spatial grid. EDGAR provides emission data for the following air pollutants:

Ozone precursor gases: Carbon Monoxide (CO), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) and Methane (CH4).

Acidifying gases: Ammonia (NH3), Nitrogen oxides (NOx) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2).

Primary particulates: Fine Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5 and Carbonaceous speciation (BC, OC).

Emissions from large-scale biomass burning with Savannah burning, forest fires, and sources and sinks from land-use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) are excluded.

For the energy-related sectors, the activity data are mainly based on the energy balance statistics of IEA (2017) (http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/co2-emissions-from-fuel-combustion-2017_co2_fuel-2017-en), whereas the activity data for the agricultural sectors originate mainly from FAO (2018) (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home). Additional information can be found in Crippa et al. (2019).

Dataset type

Time-Series

Dataset level

Country

Last updated by source

2020-09-01

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Crippa, M., Guizzardi, D., Muntean, M., Schaaf, E., & Oreggioni, G. (2019). EDGAR v5.0 global air pollutant emissions. European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset]. http://data.europa.eu/89h/377801af-b094-4943-8fdc-f79a7c0c2d19

• Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Huang, G., Guizzardi, D., Koffi, E., Muntean, M., Schieberle, C., Friedrich, R., & Janssens-Maenhout, G. (2020). High resolution temporal profiles in the emissions database for global atmospheric research. Nature Scientific Data, 7(1), 1–17.

• European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). (2020). Emissions database for global atmospheric research (EDGAR), release EDGAR v5.0 (1970 - 2015) of april 2020. https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=50_AP

@misc{ec1,
 author = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre (EC-JRC)/Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)}},
 last_updated = {2024-04-03},
 note = {Date accessed: 27 February 2021},
 title = {Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), release EDGAR v5.0 (1970 - 2015) of April 2020},
 url = {https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/overview.php?v=50_AP},
 year = {2020}
}

@article{edgar1,
 author = {Crippa, Monica and Solazzo, Efisio and Huang, Ganlin and Guizzardi, Diego and Koffi, Ernest and Muntean, Marilena and Schieberle, Christian and Friedrich, Rainer and Janssens-Maenhout, Greet},
 journal = {Nature Scientific Data},
 last_updated = {2024-04-03},
 number = {1},
 pages = {1--17},
 publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
 title = {High resolution temporal profiles in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research},
 volume = {7},
 year = {2020}
}

@misc{edgar3,
 author = {Crippa, Monica and Guizzardi, Diego and Muntean, Marilena and Schaaf, Edwin and Oreggioni, Gabriel},
 last_updated = {2024-04-03},
 note = {Date accessed: 16 April 2020},
 publisher = {{European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset]}},
 title = {EDGAR v5.0 Global Air Pollutant Emissions},
 url = {http://data.europa.eu/89h/377801af-b094-4943-8fdc-f79a7c0c2d19},
 year = {2019}
}

Variables in this dataset

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BC emissions

QoG code: edgar_bc

The total BC (black carbon, particulate matter) emissions, aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of black carbon per year.

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CH4 emissions

QoG code: edgar_ch4

The total CH4 (methane) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of CH4 per year.

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CO emissions

QoG code: edgar_co

The total CO (carbon monoxide) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Emissions from large-scale biomass burning with Savannah burning, forest fires, and sources and sinks from land-use, lan ...

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N2O emissions

QoG code: edgar_n2o

The total N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of N2O per year.

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NH3 emissions

QoG code: edgar_nh3

The total NH3 (ammonia) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of NH3 per year.

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NMVOC emissions

QoG code: edgar_nmvoc

The total NMVOC (non-methane volatile organic compounds) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of NMVOC per year.

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NOx emissions

QoG code: edgar_nox

The total NOx (nitrogen oxides) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of NOx per year.

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OC emissions

QoG code: edgar_oc

The total OC (organic carbon, particulate matter) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of OC per year.

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PM10 emissions

QoG code: edgar_pm10

The total PM10 (particulate matter, 10 micrometers or smaller) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of PM10 per year.

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PM2.5 emissions

QoG code: edgar_pm25

The total PM2.5 (particulate matter, 2.5 micrometers or smaller) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of PM2.5 per year.

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SO2 emissions

QoG code: edgar_so2

The total SO2 (sulfur dioxide) emissions aggregated across sectors per country. Units are kilotonnes (kt) of SO2 per year.

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