CO2 Emissions

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4.3.7. CO2 Emissions#

CO2 emission parameters and profiles.

Parameters:

co2pointsource#

CO2 point source emission factor

Unit:

kg m-2 s-1

Default:

None (optional)

ef_umolco2perj#

CO2 emission factor per unit of fuel energy

Unit:

umol J-1

Default:

None (optional)

enef_v_jkm#

Vehicle energy consumption factor

Unit:

J km-1

Default:

None (optional)

fcef_v_kgkm#

Fuel consumption efficiency for vehicles

The fcef_v_kgkm parameter group is defined by the Daily Profile structure.

frfossilfuel_heat#

Fraction of heating energy from fossil fuels

Unit:

dimensionless

Default:

None (optional)

frfossilfuel_nonheat#

Fraction of non-heating energy from fossil fuels

Unit:

dimensionless

Default:

None (optional)

maxfcmetab#

Maximum metabolic CO2 flux rate

Unit:

umol m-2 s-1

Default:

None (optional)

maxqfmetab#

Maximum metabolic heat flux rate

Unit:

W m-2

Default:

None (optional)

minfcmetab#

Minimum metabolic CO2 flux rate

Unit:

umol m-2 s-1

Default:

None (optional)

minqfmetab#

Minimum metabolic heat flux rate

Unit:

W m-2

Default:

None (optional)

trafficrate#

Traffic rate

The trafficrate parameter group is defined by the Daily Profile structure.

trafficunits#

Units for traffic density normalisation

Unit:

vehicle km ha-1

Default:

None (optional)

traffprof_24hr#

24-hour profile of traffic rate

The traffprof_24hr parameter group is defined by the Hourly Profile structure.

humactivity_24hr#

24-hour profile of human activity

The humactivity_24hr parameter group is defined by the Hourly Profile structure.

ref#

The ref parameter group is defined by the Reference Info structure.