(CH, Emissions in [Myr]
‘500
Total:
400 605 [Mt CHd/yA]
380
aie
200
100
°
Figure 12. Spreads for global natural and anthropogenic methane (CH4)
emissions mentioned in literature (reference year 1996)
[25, 32, 35, 36, 49-59}.
Natural CH, Emissions ‘Anthropogenic CH, Emissions
Total: 225 Myr Total: 380 Mt/yr
Waste Disposal 133%
Fuminants Buring of
é Biomass 9%
[Coal Mining
‘and Usage 9%
‘Natural Gas and
‘Ol Exploration
and Usage 9%
Passenger Cars 0.3%
Wet Rice
Agricuture 35%
Trucks 02%,
Figure 13. Contribution of various sources to global yearly methane (CH)
emissions (reference year 1996). [For literature, see Figure 12.]
350 T 7 T
316
Ea}
328 Eas TT
$ 200
295
1960 19% 1900 1992 won A
——|_ ts “|
N20 Concentration [ppbv]
3 8
sd ON
~.
a
0 200 400 600800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
Year
Figure 14. Development of nitrous oxide (NO) concentrations in the
atmosphere 21. 481.N20 Emissions in [Mtr]
Ae 7 Total:
wl 51 [MENZO/yr]
wl 35
all __
oot
18 —- 18.
A
5
° Natural: 69% ‘Anthropogenic: 31%
1B Scatter Band Most Probable Value
Figure 15. Spreads of global natural and anthropogenic nitrous oxide (N30)
emissions discussed in the literature [25, 61-66].
NOscEmissions in [MUyr] aoae
140 190 [Mt NOx/ye]
120
110.
100:
‘Natural: 4236 ‘Anthropogenic: 58%
Scatter Band — Most Probable Value
Figure 18. Spreads of global yearly nitrogen oxide (NO,) emissions from
various literature sources [5, 36, 49 , 53, 61, 63, 75, 76, 110, 140-142].