Arctic Shipping Emissions Scenarios
A spatial inventory of Arctic Shipping and Future Scenarios produced by James J. Corbett, P.E., Ph.D., D.A. Lack, J.J. Winebrake, S. Harder, J. Silberman, and M. Gold
This website makes available spatial and temporal data for commercial marine emissions inventories for Arctic shipping lanes. A set of geographically resolved inventories were produced that describe air emissions for a 2004 baseline year.
Cite source as: Corbett, J. J.; Lack, D. A.; Winebrake, J. J.; Harder, S.; Silberman, J. A.; Gold, M., Arctic shipping emissions inventories and future scenarios. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 2010, 10, (4), 10271-10311.
The ACPD manuscript describing 2010 and 2020 forecast scenarios is available here in pdf format.
Data for in-Arctic scnearios are posted here; data for diversion traffic are posted here. Data files are large (~100+ Mb); use high-speed connection or allow download time.
For in-Arctic shipping scenarios, file formats for modelers were produced in tabular format (MS Excel files) with the following fields:
Field Name |
Descriptor |
Xmeters |
Meters east from -90 degree meridian |
Ymeters |
Meters from the pole along -90 degree meridian |
Long |
Longitude degrees at 5 kilometer resolution |
Lat |
Latitude degrees at 5 kilometer resolution |
BCg_5k |
Grams black carbon emitted within grid |
OCg_5k |
Grams organic carbon emitted within grid |
SOxkg_5k |
Grams sulfur (as SO2) carbon emitted within grid |
BC_MFR70p |
Seventy percent MFR reduction (30% of BCg_5k) |
OC_MFR70p |
Seventy percent MFR reduction (30% of OCg_5k) |
CO2kg_5k |
Kilograms carbon dioxide emitted within grid |
NOxkg_5k |
Kilograms nitrogen (as NO2) emitted within grid |
PMg_5k |
Grams particulate matter emitted within grid |
COg_5k |
Grams carbon monoxide emitted within grid |
Site Updated 31 March 2010
