Methyl halide emission estimates from domestic biomass burning in Africa

M. Iqbal Mead (Author), M. A. H. Khan (Author), I. R. White (Author), Graham Nickless (Author), Dudley E. Shallcross (Author)

Abstract

Inventories of methyl halide emissions from domestic burning of biomass in Africa, from 1950 to the present day and projected to 2030, have been constructed. By combining emission factors from Andreae and Merlet [2001. Emission of trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15, 955-966], the biomass burning estimates from Yevich and Logan [2003. An assessment of biofuel use and burning of agricultural waste in the developing world. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(4), 1095, doi:10.1029/2002GB001952] and the population data from the UN population division, the emission of methyl halides from domestic biomass usage in Africa has been estimated. Data from this study suggest that methyl halide emissions from domestic biomass burning have increased by a factor of 4-5 from 1950 to 2005 and based on the expected population growth could double over the next 25 years. This estimated change has a non-negligible impact on the atmospheric budgets of methyl halides.

Keywords

Africa;biofuel;domestic biomass burning;emission factor;biospheremethyl halide;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2008
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC:	620.92/.98
COBISS:	5416187
ISSN:	1352-2310
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URN:	URN:SI:UNG
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 5241-5250
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ42
Issue:	ǂiss. ǂ21
Chronology:	2008
DOI:	10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.066
ID:	11191226