Monthly estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel consumption in Brazil during the late 1990s and early 2000s

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00713.x

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Volume 38 Issue 4, Pages 445 - 452

Published Online: 6 Dec 2006

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Monthly estimates of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel consumption in Brazil during the late 1990s and early 2000s

London M Losey*, Robert J Andres*,^† and Gregg Marland**,^†

*Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202-9008, USA Email: andres@space.edu
**Ecotechnology, Department of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics, Mid Sweden University, SE-832 25 Östersund, Sweden
^† Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335, USA

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Journal compilation © Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers) 2006

KEYWORDS

Brazil • global change • CO₂ emissions • fossil fuels • monthly data • spatial distribution

ABSTRACT

Detailed understanding of global carbon cycling requires estimates of CO ₂ emissions on temporal and spatial scales finer than annual and country. This is the first attempt to derive such estimates for a large, developing, Southern Hemisphere country. Though data on energy use are not complete in terms of time and geography, there are enough data available on the sale or consumption of fuels in Brazil to reasonably approximate the temporal and spatial patterns of fuel use and CO ₂ emissions. Given the available data, a strong annual cycle in emissions from Brazil is not apparent. CO ₂ emissions are unevenly distributed within Brazil as the population density and level of development both vary widely.