A near-real-time estimation method for fossil-fuel-derived CO2 emissions from China based on atmospheric observations at HAT and YON

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Method

Atmospheric flows from China
Graph of observed atmospheric concentration variations

Assumption

During wintertime (Jan.-Mar.), the atmospheric variability ratio (ΔCO2/ΔCH4) reflects the CO2/CH4 emission ratio in China

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Estimated change rate of CO2 emissions from China

(The change rate compared to the 9-year average (2011-2019) areis plotted in the following figures.)