Derivation of greenhouse gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

Wilson, D.; Dixon, S. D.; Artz, R. R. E.; Smith, T. E. L.; Evans, C. D.; Owen, H. J. F.; Archer, E.; Renou-Wilson, F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5291-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 18

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5291-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-5291-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 18

Research article

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16 Sep 2015

Research article |

| 16 Sep 2015

Derivation of greenhouse gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom

D. Wilson, S. D. Dixon, R. R. E. Artz, T. E. L. Smith, C. D. Evans, H. J. F. Owen, E. Archer, and F. Renou-Wilson

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RC C2575: 'Review on the paper 'derivation of Grenhouse Gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction...'', Anonymous Referee #2, 04 Jun 2015
- AC C2881: 'Authors response to comments from Reviewer 2', David Wilson, 17 Jun 2015
RC C2618: 'Review of Wilson et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Jun 2015
- AC C3201: 'Authors response to comments from Reviewer 3', David Wilson, 29 Jun 2015

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (02 Aug 2015) by Albrecht Neftel

AR by David Wilson on behalf of the Authors (03 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Aug 2015) by Albrecht Neftel

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (30 Aug 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 Aug 2015) by Albrecht Neftel

AR by David Wilson on behalf of the Authors (31 Aug 2015) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

We quantified carbon dioxide emissions from drained peat extraction sites in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom and also measured a range of greenhouse gases that are released to the atmosphere with the burning of peat. Our derived carbon dioxide emission factors were considerably lower than those derived by the IPCC, which has major implications for National Inventory reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol.