Variations of China's emission estimates: response to uncertainties in energy statistics

Hong, Chaopeng; Zhang, Qiang; He, Kebin; Guan, Dabo; Li, Meng; Liu, Fei; Zheng, Bo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-1227-2017

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25 Jan 2017

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Variations of China's emission estimates: response to uncertainties in energy statistics

Chaopeng Hong, Qiang Zhang, Kebin He, Dabo Guan, Meng Li, Fei Liu, and Bo Zheng

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RC1: 'Comment on “Variations of China's emission estimates response to uncertainties in energy statistics” by C. Hong et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to Referee #1', Chaopeng Hong, 14 Nov 2016
RC2: 'Review of Variations of China's emission estimates', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Sep 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to Referee #2', Chaopeng Hong, 14 Nov 2016
RC3: 'Review of Hong et al. "Variations of China's emission estimates response to uncertainties in energy statistics"', Anonymous Referee #3, 28 Sep 2016
- AC3: 'Responses to Referee #3', Chaopeng Hong, 14 Nov 2016

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AR by Chaopeng Hong on behalf of the Authors (14 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (21 Nov 2016) by Stefan Buehler

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Dec 2016)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (19 Dec 2016) by Stefan Buehler

AR by Chaopeng Hong on behalf of the Authors (24 Dec 2016) Author's response Manuscript

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We found that the apparent uncertainties in China’s energy consumption increased from 2004 to 2012. SO₂ emissions are most sensitive to energy uncertainties because of the high contributions from industrial coal combustion. The energy-induced emission uncertainties for some species are comparable to total uncertainties of emissions as estimated by previous studies, indicating variations in energy consumption could be an important source of China’s emission uncertainties.