On the CH4 and N2O emission inventory compiled by EDGAR and improved with EPRTR data for the INGOS project

The EDGAR INGOS CH4 and N2O emission inventory provides bottom-up estimates of global anthropogenic CH4 and N2O emissions for the period 2000-2010. The EDGAR InGOS product is an update of the EDGARv4.2FT2010 inventory, taking into account emissions reported as point sources by facilities under the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) for (1) power plants (N2O), (2) oil refineries (CH4 and N2O), (3) coal mining (CH4), (4) production of oil and gas (CH4), (5) chemicals production (inorganic, nitro-fertilizers and other bulk chemicals) (N2O), industrial process and product use (N2O), (6) solid waste - landfills (CH4), (7) industrial wastewater treatment (CH4 and N2O). In a first step gridmaps have been improved for the European region taking into account the geospatial data of the E-PRTR database. In addition, for the last 4 years an option is given to select inventories solely based on officially reported emission data (for the categories covered by E-PRTR), gapfilled with EDGARv4.2FT2010 for non-reporting countries.