Modeling and validation of on-road CO₂ emissions inventories at the urban regional scale
2012
Brondfield, Max N. | Hutyra, Lucy R. | Gately, Conor K. | Raciti, Steve M. | Peterson, Scott A.
On-road emissions are a major contributor to rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases. In this study, we applied a downscaling methodology based on commonly available spatial parameters to model on-road CO₂ emissions at the 1 × 1 km scale for the Boston, MA region and tested our approach with surface-level CO₂ observations. Using two previously constructed emissions inventories with differing spatial patterns and underlying data sources, we developed regression models based on impervious surface area and volume-weighted road density that could be scaled to any resolution. We found that the models accurately reflected the inventories at their original scales (R² = 0.63 for both models) and exhibited a strong relationship with observed CO₂ mixing ratios when downscaled across the region. Moreover, the improved spatial agreement of the models over the original inventories confirmed that either product represents a viable basis for downscaling in other metropolitan regions, even with limited data.
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