Abstract
An evaluation of the most recent datasets providing anthropogenic emissions for Asia for the 1960-2014 period is discussed in this chapter for different gaseous and particulate compounds, i.e. carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, non-methane volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, black carbon, organic carbon, and particulate matter PM10 and PM2.5. The comparison between the inventories is used to quantify the range of the emissions for several regions and different periods.
Since very little information is available concerning the uncertainties on emissions in the different regions of the world, we use the comparison between the different datasets to provide some information on these uncertainties.