Historical Anthropogenic Emissions 1890-1990, EDGAR-HYDE

An anthropogenic emissions data set has been constructed for CO2, CO,
CH4, nonmethane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), SO2, NOx, N2O, and
NH3 spanning the period 1890-1990. The inventory is based on version
2.0 of the Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR
2.0). In EDGAR the emissions are calculated per country and economic
sector using an emission factor approach. Calculations of the
emissions with 10 year intervals are based on historical activity
statistics and selected emission factors. Historical activity data
were derived from the Hundred Year Database for Integrated
Environmental Assessments (1890-1990) supplemented with other data and
our own estimates. Emission factors account for changes in economical
and technological developments in the past. The calculated emissions
on a country basis have been interpolated onto a 1 degrees x 1 degrees
grid. This consistent data set can be used in trend studies of
tropospheric trace gases and in environmental assessments, for
example, the analysis of historical contributions of regions and
countries to environmental forcing like the enhanced greenhouse gas
effect, acidification, and eutrofication. The database focuses on
energy/industrial and agricultural/waste sources: for completeness,
historical biomass-burning estimates where added using a simple and
transparent approach.

Regional emissions for every 10 year are provided for the following
source categories:
Fossil fuel combustion
Fossil fuel production
Biofuel combustion
Industrial processes (i.e. non-combustion)
Animals
Agricultural land
Savanna burning
Deforestation
Agricultural waste burning
Landfills

After completion of this dataset, EDGAR 3.2 data for 1990-1995
(1970-1995 for direct greenhouse gases) have become available with
updated emissions and expanded source categories. To take account of
these revised estimates for recent years, the original EDGAR-HYDE 1.3
dataset have been adjusted to the new EDGAR estimates for 1970
onwards, including new sources not included in the original 100 year
dataset. See:
"http://www.rivm.nl/"