Modelling the contribution of SO2 and NOx emissions from international shipping to sulphur and oxidised nitrogen deposition in the United Kingdom
Dore, Anthony J.; Kryza, Maciej; Vieno, Massimo 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-9377; Sutton, Mark A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6263-6341.
2008
Modelling the contribution of SO2 and NOx emissions from international shipping to sulphur and oxidised nitrogen deposition in the United Kingdom.
Croatian Meteorological Journal, 43, H12_46.
98-102.
Abstract/Summary
A statistical Lagrangian atmospheric transport model was used to generate annual maps of deposition of sulphur and nitrogen for the United Kingdom at a 5 x 5 km2 resolution for the year 2005 and to assess the contribution attributed to emissions of SO2 and NOx from international shipping. A future emissions scenario for the year 2020 was used to investigate changes in the relative contribution of shipping emissions. The results show that, if shipping emissions are assumed to increase at a rate of 2.5% per year, their relative contribution to total sulphur and oxidised nitrogen deposition are expected to increase from 15% and 12% respectively to 37% and 28% between 2005 and 2020. Enforcement of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreement to reduce the sulphur content in marine fuel to 0.5% was estimated to result in a 30% reduction in total sulphur deposition to the UK for the year 2020 compared to a business as usual scenario, with the result that the relative contribution from shipping to sulphur deposition in the UK would be reduced to 9% of the total
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
|---|---|
| Programmes: | CEH Programmes pre-2009 publications > Biogeochemistry > BG01 Measuring and modelling trace gas, aerosol and carbon > BG01.1 UK nitrogen and sulphur compounds |
| UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas: | Billett (to November 2013) |
| Additional Keywords: | atmospheric transport model, acidification, shipping, sulphur, nitrogen |
| NORA Subject Terms: | Atmospheric Sciences |
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| Date made live: | 18 May 2009 13:02 +0 (UTC) |
| URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6233 |
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