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Research unit
FOEN
Project number
ExSt.2019.956
Project title
Quantification of Swiss Nitrous Oxide Emissions Through Atmospheric Observations and Inverse Modelling

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Key words
(German)
Klima
Key words
(English)
Climate
Key words
(French)
Climat
Key words
(Italian)
Clima
Short description
(German)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and responsible for ozone destruction in the stratosphere. As such, N2O emissions are targeted by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris agreement and have to be included in national inventory reporting to the UNFCCC. In Switzerland, total N2O emissions contribute about 5.6 % to national anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 (FOEN, 2018). These “bottom-up” estimates for N2O are associated with large uncertainties due to the heterogeneous character of the main emission processes, i.e. direct and indirect emissions from agricultural and (semi-)natural ecosystems.
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Short description
(English)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and responsible for ozone destruction in the stratosphere. As such, N2O emissions are targeted by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris agreement and have to be included in national inventory reporting to the UNFCCC. In Switzerland, total N2O emissions contribute about 5.6 % to national anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 (FOEN, 2018). These “bottom-up” estimates for N2O are associated with large uncertainties due to the heterogeneous character of the main emission processes, i.e. direct and indirect emissions from agricultural and (semi-)natural ecosystems.
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Short description
(French)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and responsible for ozone destruction in the stratosphere. As such, N2O emissions are targeted by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris agreement and have to be included in national inventory reporting to the UNFCCC. In Switzerland, total N2O emissions contribute about 5.6 % to national anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 (FOEN, 2018). These “bottom-up” estimates for N2O are associated with large uncertainties due to the heterogeneous character of the main emission processes, i.e. direct and indirect emissions from agricultural and (semi-)natural ecosystems.
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Short description
(Italian)
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas and responsible for ozone destruction in the stratosphere. As such, N2O emissions are targeted by the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris agreement and have to be included in national inventory reporting to the UNFCCC. In Switzerland, total N2O emissions contribute about 5.6 % to national anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2016 (FOEN, 2018). These “bottom-up” estimates for N2O are associated with large uncertainties due to the heterogeneous character of the main emission processes, i.e. direct and indirect emissions from agricultural and (semi-)natural ecosystems.
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Contractor
(English)
Empa, Dübendorf
Charged budget
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BAFU
Legal basis
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Art. 57 Abs. 1 RVOG | Art. 57 al. 1 LOGA. | Art. 57 cpv. 1 LOGA
Copyright
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Copyright, Bundesbehörden der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft | Droits d'auteur: autorités de la Confédération suisse | Diritti d'autore: autorità della Confederazione Svizzera | Dretgs d'autur: autoritads da la Confederaziun svizra | Copyright, Swiss federal authorities
Information
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BAFU - Abteilung Klima - Tel: +41 58 464 23 80 - climate@bafu.admin.ch