Table 1 Emitted compounds and attributes considered in this study
Species | Predominant emissions impact on forcing | Predominant forcing mechanism | Net impact | Lifetime (years) | Lifetime classification | Emissions data source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) | Direct | GHG | Warming | Years to Centuries | Long-lived | ||
Nitrous Oxide (N2O) | 109 | ||||||
Halogenated Compounds (HCs) | |||||||
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | CFC-11 | 52 | WMO 202225 | ||||
CFC-12 | 112 | ||||||
CFC-13 | 640 | ||||||
CFC-113 | 93 | ||||||
CFC-114 | 189 | ||||||
CFC-115 | 540 | ||||||
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | HCFC-141b | 9.4 | Short-lived | ||||
HCFC-142b | 18 | ||||||
HCFC-22 | 11.9 | ||||||
Hydrofluoro-carbons (HFCs) | HFC-125 | 30 | |||||
HFC-134a | 14 | ||||||
HFC-143a | 3.6 | ||||||
HFC-152a | 1.6 | ||||||
HFC-227ea | 36 | ||||||
HFC-23 | 228 | ||||||
HFC-236fa | 213 | ||||||
HFC-245fa | 7.9 | ||||||
HFC-32 | 5.4 | ||||||
HFC-365mfc | 8.9 | ||||||
HFC-43-10-mee | 17 | ||||||
HFC-134 | 10 | EDGAR v8.026 | |||||
HFC-143 | 3.6 | ||||||
HFC-41 | 2.8 | ||||||
Methane (CH4) | Direct & Indirect | GHG & GHGp (tO3,sH2O) | 11.8 | ||||
Non-methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs) | Indirect | GHGp (CH4, tO3) &AERp (OC) | Minutes to weeks | ||||
Carbon Monoxide (CO) | Indirect | GHGp (CH4, tO3) | |||||
Black Carbon (BC) | Direct | AER | |||||
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) | Indirect | AERp (SO4) | Cooling | ||||
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) | Indirect | GHGp (CH4, tO3) & AERp (NO3) | |||||
Organic Carbon (OC) | Direct | AER | |||||
Ammonia (NH3) | Indirect | AERp (NO3) | |||||
