Sources of atmospheric nitrous oxide

O. Badr and S. D. Probert

Applied Energy, 1992, vol. 42, issue 3, 129-176

Abstract: Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important atmospheric trace gas. The increase in the concentration of N2O in the atmosphere has evoked considerable interest because of its role in (i) destroying the ozone layer as a result of producing nitric oxide in the stratosphere, and (ii) contributing to the atmospheric greenhouse phenomenon. The global N2O concentration has been rising at a rate of 0·2-0·3% per year, and reached about 310 ppbv in 1990. In this study, the individual sources of N2O are identified and discussed. Available estimates of the emission rates from these sources are presented. The accuracy of these estimates is poor, so more field measurements are still required in order to obtain a satisfactory evaluation of the N2O sources.

Date: 1992
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0306-2619(92)90059-K
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:appene:v:42:y:1992:i:3:p:129-176

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/405891/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... 405891/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Applied Energy is currently edited by J. Yan

More articles in Applied Energy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().