Global PCB

Global historical PCB emission data

Contact: kbr@nilu.no

 

This web-page contains new estimates on the global atmospheric emissions for 22 PCB congeners from 1930 to 2100. 

Back to previous estimates.

The data are described in the following paper:

Breivik K, Sweetman A, Pacyna JM and Jones KC, 2007. Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners - a mass balance approach. 3. An update. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 377 (2-3): 296-307.

Data for the 114 countries considered in the study have been gridded on a 1° x 1° basis, using population density as a surrogate. This has been done for each year simulated (from 1930 to 2100). Thus, each text file (in zipped format) contains data for all years on a latitude/longitude basis for each PCB congener, and the unit in all of files is tonnes.
For full details, please consult the paper mentioned above.

 

Minimum scenario

Default Scenario

Maximum Scenario

PCB-5

PCB5Grid LOW.zip

PCB5Grid MID.zip

PCB5Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-8

PCB8Grid LOW.zip

PCB8Grid MID.zip

PCB8Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-18

PCB18Grid LOW.zip

PCB18Grid MID.zip

PCB18Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-28

PCB28Grid LOW.zip

PCB28Grid MID.zip

PCB28Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-31

PCB31Grid LOW.zip

PCB31Grid MID.zip

PCB31Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-52

PCB52Grid LOW.zip

PCB52Grid MID.zip

PCB52Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-70

PCB70Grid LOW.zip

PCB70Grid MID.zip

PCB70Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-90

PCB90Grid LOW.zip

PCB90Grid MID.zip

PCB90Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-101

PCB101Grid LOW.zip

PCB101Grid MID.zip

PCB101Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-105

PCB105Grid LOW.zip

PCB105Grid MID.zip

PCB105Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-110

PCB110Grid LOW.zip

PCB110Grid MID.zip

PCB110Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-118

PCB118Grid LOW.zip

PCB118Grid MID.zip

PCB118Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-123

PCB123Grid LOW.zip

PCB123Grid MID.zip

PCB123Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-132

PCB132Grid LOW.zip

PCB132Grid MID.zip

PCB132Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-138

PCB138Grid LOW.zip

PCB138Grid MID.zip

PCB138Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-149

PCB149Grid LOW.zip

PCB149Grid MID.zip

PCB149Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-153

PCB153Grid LOW.zip

PCB153Grid MID.zip

PCB153Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-158

PCB158Grid LOW.zip

PCB158Grid MID.zip

PCB158Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-160

PCB160Grid LOW.zip

PCB160Grid MID.zip

PCB160Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-180

PCB180Grid LOW.zip

PCB180Grid MID.zip

PCB180Grid HIGH.zip

PCB-194

PCB194Grid LOW.zip

PCB194Grid MID.zip

PCB194Grid LOW.zip

PCB-199

PCB199Grid LOW.zip

PCB199Grid MID.zip

PCB199Grid HIGH.zip

ΣPCB22

Sum22Grid LOW.zip

Sum22Grid MID.zip

Sum22Grid HIGH.zip

Contact: Knut.Breivik@nilu.no