Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases: Why and How to Control?: Proceedings of an International Symposium, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 13–15 December 1993

Front Matter....Pages i-xl
Global Budgets for Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gases....Pages 1-15
Effectiveness of Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Technologies....Pages 17-40
National GHG Inventories: Recent Developments under the IPCC/OECD Joint Programme....Pages 41-52
The African Experience with the IPCC Methodology for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions....Pages 53-59
Reporting Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Canada....Pages 61-66
Non-CO 2 Gaseous Emissions from Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Nigeria....Pages 67-72
Global Methane Emissions from the World Coal Industry....Pages 73-91
Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)....Pages 93-106
Anthropogenic Emissions of Methane and Nitrous Oxide in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 107-113
Emission Inventory for Nigeria with CAREAIR....Pages 115-124
Consumption of Methane by Soils....Pages 125-130
CH 4 and CO Emissions from Rice Straw Burning in South East Asia....Pages 131-137
Methane in Ocean Waters: Concentration and Carbon Isotope Variability at East Pacific Rise and in the Arabian Sea....Pages 139-144
Nitrous Oxide Emission out of Grassland....Pages 145-152
Emissions of NO and N 2 O from Soils....Pages 153-158
Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Waste Water....Pages 159-165
Sources of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons and Fluorocarbons and their Potential Emissions during the Next Twenty Five Years....Pages 167-174
Biosphere Atmosphere Exchanges: Ozone and Aerosol Dry Deposition Velocities Over a Pine Forest....Pages 175-181
Laboratory Study of the Emission of NO and N 2 O from Some Belgian Soils....Pages 183-189
Inspection of Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gases from Emission Sources and in Ambient Air by Fourier-Transform-Infrared-Spectrometry: Measurements with Ftis-Maps....Pages 191-196
Determination of European Methane Emissions, using Concentration and Isotope Measurements....Pages 197-202
Monitoring of the Atmospheric Burdens of CH 4 , N 2 O, CO, CHCIF 2 and CF 2 Cl 2 above Central Europe during the Last Decade....Pages 203-209
Polar Volatile Organic Compounds ( VOC ) of Natural Origin as Precursors of Ozone....Pages 211-217
Measurements of CFCs in Antarctica....Pages 219-224
Precursors of the Surface Ozone and Their Relationship with Meteorological Parameters in Athens-Greece....Pages 225-229
Krypton-85, a Minor Greenhouse Gas Precursor....Pages 231-235
Simulation of the Observed Stratospheric Temperature Trends 1967–1987 over Antarctica due to Ozone Hole Deepening....Pages 237-245
Implications for Atmospheric Composition and Climate of IS92 Emissions Scenarios....Pages 247-252
Impact of Increased Methane Emissions on the Atmospheric Composition and Related Radiative Forcing on the Climate System....Pages 253-259
Contribution of Tropical Biomass Burning to the Global Budget of Hydrocarbons, Carbon Monoxide and Tropospheric Ozone....Pages 261-270
Determination of Global Scale Emissions of Atmospheric Methane Using an Inverse Modelling Method....Pages 271-281
Greenhouse Coefficients Dependent on Rates-of-Change....Pages 283-288
The Estimation of Global Warming Potentials for a Range of Radiatively Active Gases....Pages 289-299
Tropospheric Ozone and the Greenhouse Effect....Pages 301-309
Surface Catalysed Conversion of NO 2 a New Source of Atmospheric N 2 O?....Pages 311-316
N 2 O Reduction in Coal Flames by Staged Combustion....Pages 317-322
Landfill Gas Formation, Recovery and Emission in The Netherlands....Pages 323-328
Methane Emissions from Russian Gas Supply and Measures to Control Them....Pages 329-334
Development of Ch4−, N2O−, CO−, HCFC’s−, Voc−, NOx− Emissions from Passenger Cars in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1970 to 2010....Pages 335-343
Nitrous Oxide from Solid Fuel Combustion: Contribution to National Inventories in the UK, France and Germany....Pages 345-350
Reduction of Fugitive Methane from the Gas Transmission System of the N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie....Pages 351-356
Dynamic Viscosity and Thermal Conductivity Prediction of Environmentally Safe Refrigerants....Pages 357-362
Thermal Hydrogenolysis of the Perhaloalkanes CBrClF 2 and BrCF 2 CF 2 Br....Pages 363-368
The Floating Bed Reactor; A New Reactor Type for Efficient Catalytic Removal of NO x ....Pages 369-375
Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Romania, by Reabilitation the Aged Power Plants Based on a New Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology - CFBC....Pages 377-388
Methane Emission Studies and Estimate from Indian Paddy Fields....Pages 389-404
Methane Emissions of China: Agricultural Sources and Mitigation Options....Pages 405-410
Potential of Controlled Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment in Order to Reduce the Global Emissions of Methane and Carbon Dioxide....Pages 411-419
Nitrous Oxide Flux from Fertilised Grassland: Strategies for Reducing Emissions....Pages 421-426
Emissions of Nitrous Oxide (N 2 O)....Pages 427-432
Nitrous Oxide Production and Consumption in Peat Soils....Pages 433-438
Nitrous Oxide Emission from Grasslands on Sand, Clay and Peat Soils in the Netherlands....Pages 439-444
Emission of N-Trace Gases from Soils of Spruce Stands in the Black Forest....Pages 445-445
The EC-Position with Respect to Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gases....Pages 447-453
Non CO 2 Greenhouse Gases: Time to act now....Pages 455-473
Non-CO 2 GHGs, Agriculture and Policy Options....Pages 475-486
Implementing the Comprehensive Approach Under the FCCC: An Assessment of Alternatives....Pages 487-492
Emission Reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds: The Draft Proposal of the Commission of the European Communities with Regard to Emissions Due to the Use of Organic Solvents in Certain Processes and Industrial Installations....Pages 493-498
Energy Technology Options for Integrated Reduction of Greenhouse Gases....Pages 499-504
Possibilities of Control of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Emissions in the European Economic Community (EEC)....Pages 505-513
Methane Emissions and Control in the Netherlands....Pages 515-525
Solving the Precautionary Paradox: Policy Approaches to Improve Measurement of Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks....Pages 527-531
Scenarios for Global and Dutch use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Their Consequences for Global Warming....Pages 533-542
Verification and Implementation Review of Climate Change Commitments Relating to Methane Emissions....Pages 543-548
Back Matter....Pages 549-562