Carbon Emission and Transport: Measurement and Simulation (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Air Quality".

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College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Interests: CO2; CH4; model; NH3; atmospheric inversion
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Yale-NUIST Center on Atmospheric Environment, International Joint Laboratory on Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 211544, China
Interests: GHG; observation; isotope; lake evaporation
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Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Interests: greenhouse gases fluxes over inland water bodies
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the second volume in a series of publications dedicated to “Carbon Emission and Transport: Measurement and Simulation” (https://www.mdpi.com/si/atmosphere/04Z4LIWTD2).

Carbon is one of the main elements in both natural and anthropogenic environments. Gaseous carbon elements (i.e., carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and carbon monoxide (CO)) are known to be main greenhouse gases or air pollutants. Hence, the study of their flux (including sources and sinks) or transport (in soil, rivers, or atmosphere) from both natural and anthropogenic sources is essential to better understand regional or global carbon cycles. Here, to improve our scientific knowledge of the carbon cycle via both observation and modeling, we have organized this Special Issue titled “Carbon Emission and Transport: Field Measurement and Model Simulation” in the journal Atmosphere. Any papers related to carbon flux and transport (especially for CO2, CH4, and CO) are warmly welcome to be submitted in this Special Issue. Papers can also focus on observations or model simulations, from natural or anthropogenic sources, and can be carried out at the field, city, regional, or even global scale, using field observations, model simulations, meta-analyses, or a combination of the above methods. Regions of interest include (but are not limited to) forests, grassland, rivers, wetlands, waters, and urban areas.

Dr. Cheng Hu
Prof. Dr. Wei Xiao
Dr. Qitao Xiao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • CO2
  • CH4
  • CO
  • model simulation
  • eddy covariance
  • field observation

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Simulation of China’s Carbon Peak Path Based on Random Forest and Sparrow Search Algorithm—Long Short-Term Memory
by Zhoumu Yang, Xiaoying Wu, Yinan Song and Jiao Pan
Atmosphere 2024, 15(8), 907; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15080907 - 29 Jul 2024
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How to decouple economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions and achieve low-carbon transformation of the Chinese economy has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved. Firstly, the Tapio index is used to identify China’s carbon peak status, and then the Technology [...] Read more.
How to decouple economic growth from carbon dioxide emissions and achieve low-carbon transformation of the Chinese economy has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved. Firstly, the Tapio index is used to identify China’s carbon peak status, and then the Technology Choice Index (TCI) and economic complexity are introduced into the comprehensive factor analysis framework for carbon dioxide emissions. Key influencing factors are identified using random forest and ridge regression. On this basis, a novel sparrow search algorithm–long short-term memory (SSA-LSTM) model which has more prediction accuracy compared with past studies is constructed to predict the dynamic evolution trend of carbon dioxide emissions, and in combination with scenario analysis, the path towards the carbon peak is simulated. The following conclusions are obtained: The benchmark scenario peaks in 2031, with a peak of 12.346 billion tons, and the low-carbon scenario peaks in 2030, with a peak of 11.962 billion tons. The extensive scenario peaks in 2037, with a peak of 13.291 billion tons. Under six scenarios, it can be concluded that energy intensity is the key factor in reducing the peak. These research results provide theoretical support for decision-makers to formulate emission reduction policies and adjust the carbon peak path. Full article
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