[ncl-talk] computing annual CO2 emissions from flux

[Jayant]

Thanks Dennis!

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 7:55 PM Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:

>
> kg/(m2-s)*(86400 s/day)*(30 day/month)==> kg/(m2-month)
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> kg/(m2-month)*area(m2)  ==> (kg/month)
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> 1 kg = 0.001 tonnes.
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> (kg/month)*0.001 (tonnes/kg) ==> tonnes/month
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:51 AM Jayant via ncl-talk <ncl-talk at ucar.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear,
>> I have monthly gridded CO2 emissions due to fires in units of kg/m2/s. I
>> want to compute the annual emissions (in tonnes). I am confused how to
>> handle the units of time and area. For time, is it correct to multiply by a
>> factor 30days x 24x60x60?
>> and for area, multiply with corresponding gridarea? and then add
>> together. Is this correct?
>> Best regards,
>> Jayant
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