Table 1 NOx Emission inventory source used in different kinds of regions

From: Accounting for NOx emissions from biomass burning and urbanization doubles existing inventories over South, Southeast and East Asia

Area categories

Main emission source

Emission inventory

Covering regions

Urban1 area

Anthropogenic

EDGAR

Cities in Pearl River Delta and Fujian and Taiwan Province

Urban2 area

Anthropogenic

EDGAR

Cities located in Yangtze River Basin, including Shanghai, Wuhan, Chengdu and etc.

Urban3 area

Anthropogenic

EDGAR

Dhaka and urban areas in CSA

BB1 area

Biomass burning

FINN

BB areas in NEI

BB2 area

Biomass burning

FINN

BB areas in CSA

BB3 area

Biomass burning

FINN

BB areas in Central Thailand and Cambodia

Mixed area

Anthropogenic, biomass burning

EDGAR + FINN

The areas except BB and urban areas in China

Tibetan area

Biomass burning

FINN

Tibetan plateau and its surrounding mountain areas

Equatorial area

Biomass burning

FINN

Malaysia, Indonesia, and Philippines without main cities

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