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| ====Short description ==== | ====Short description ==== | ||
| - | ^ NFR-Code ^ Name of category | + | In addition to non-agricultural sources |
| - | | 6.A.2 | + | |
| - | ^ emitted: | + | This emission source ist taken into account for the first time with the current submission and with dogs and cats as the only two groups of pets covered so far. |
| - | ^ Key Source by: | NA | + | |
| - | In addition to non-agricultural sources of ammonia (NH< | + | ^ Category Code |
| + | | 6.A.2 | T1 | NS | D | | ||
| + | | {{page> | ||
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| + | | NO< | ||
| + | | NA | ||
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| ==== Methodology ==== | ==== Methodology ==== | ||
| - | Ammonia emissions from pets are calculated for the first time and based on the methodological description of Sutton et al. (2000) ((Sutton, M.A., U. Dragosits, Y.S. Tang & D. Fowler, 2000. Ammonia emissions from non-agricultural sources in the UK. Atmospheric Environment 34 (2000), 855–869.))and the Guidebook 2023 ((EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2023, Chapter 6, https:// | + | Ammonia emissions from pets have been calculated for the first time in submission 2024 and are based on the methodological description of Sutton et al. (2000)[(SUTTONETAL2000)] and the EMEP/EEA Guidebook 2023 [(EMEPEEA2023)]. For the complete time series, the emissions are calculated as follows: |
| + | <m> EM = AD_(number of pets) * EF_(kg ammonia per animal and year) </ | ||
| - | <WRAP center round info 50%> | ||
| - | **EM** = **AD** (number of pets) * ** EF** (kg NH< | ||
| - | </ | ||
| ===Activity data === | ===Activity data === | ||
| - | As there are no official statistics on pets in Germany, data of a representative | + | As there are no official statistics on pets in Germany, data from repeated |
| The latest EMEP EEA Guidebook refers to European statistics. | The latest EMEP EEA Guidebook refers to European statistics. | ||
| The figures for 2021 and 2022 are consistent with those in the publication mentioned above and according to the 2023 Guidebook only the main categories cats (39% by animal catory) and dogs (27% by animal catory) were considered. | The figures for 2021 and 2022 are consistent with those in the publication mentioned above and according to the 2023 Guidebook only the main categories cats (39% by animal catory) and dogs (27% by animal catory) were considered. | ||
| - | Time series for the main animal | + | Time series for the main categories of pets are obtained by the numbers of the survey for the years 2012 to 2023. |
| Data for 1990 are estimated retrospectively using the number of households (see also [[https:// | Data for 1990 are estimated retrospectively using the number of households (see also [[https:// | ||
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| __Table 1: Animal numbers in 10< | __Table 1: Animal numbers in 10< | ||
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| - | ^ 1990 | + | ^ 1990 |
| - | ^ 1995 | + | | ||| |
| - | ^ 2000 | + | ^ 1995 |
| - | ^ 2005 | + | | ||| |
| - | ^ 2010 ^ 12.17 ^ 7.32 ^ | + | ^ 2000 |
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| - | | 2012 | + | ^ 2005 |
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| - | | 2014 | 11.80 | 6.80 | | + | ^ 2010 |
| - | ^ 2015 | + | | ||| |
| + | ^ 2015 | ||
| | 2016 | 13.40 | 8.60 | | | 2016 | 13.40 | 8.60 | | ||
| | 2017 | 13.70 | 9.20 | | | 2017 | 13.70 | 9.20 | | ||
| | 2018 | 14.80 | 9.40 | | | 2018 | 14.80 | 9.40 | | ||
| | 2019 | 14.70 | 10.10 | | | 2019 | 14.70 | 10.10 | | ||
| - | ^ 2020 | + | ^ 2020 |
| | 2021 | 16.70 | 10.30 | | | 2021 | 16.70 | 10.30 | | ||
| - | ^ | + | | |
| + | | 2023 | 15.70 | 10.50 | | ||
| + | ^ | ||
| === Emission factors === | === Emission factors === | ||
| - | For the calculation of ammonia emissions in this category, the mean (best estimate) of the emission factors given in Sutton et al. (2000) are used: | + | For the calculation of ammonia emissions in this category, the mean (best estimate) of the emission factors given in Sutton et al. (2000)[(SUTTONETAL2000)] |
| * EF< | * EF< | ||
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| ====Emission Trend==== | ====Emission Trend==== | ||
| - | The following figure shows the development of emissions for the pet-categories dogs (EM< | + | The following figure shows the development of emissions for the pet-categories dogs (EM< |
| - | In recent years, an increasing trend can be observed, resulting in a mean value (between 2020 to 2022) of NH< | + | {{ : |
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| - | Figure 1: Ammonia emissions from pets | + | |
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| - | {{ : | + | |
| + | In recent years, an increasing trend can be observed, resulting in a mean value (between 2020 to 2023) of 9.9 kt NH< | ||
| ===== Recalculations ===== | ===== Recalculations ===== | ||
| - | <WRAP center round info 60%> | + | <WRAP center round info 70%> |
| - | As these emissions are reported for the first time, no recalculations occur against the previous submission. | + | With **activity data and emission factors remaining unaltered**, no recalculations occur against the previous submission. |
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| There is no information on the uncertainty of the emission factors. | There is no information on the uncertainty of the emission factors. | ||
| - | However, uncertainties are expected to be relatively high, as EF vary between different sources and the amount of ammonia volatilized is based on an assumption. | + | However, as EF vary between different sources and the amount of ammonia volatilized is based on an assumption, EF uncertainties are expected to be relatively high. |
| Therefore, an uncertainty of 50% for half the 95-percent confidence-interval (normal distribution) is assumed. | Therefore, an uncertainty of 50% for half the 95-percent confidence-interval (normal distribution) is assumed. | ||
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| ====Planned Improvement==== | ====Planned Improvement==== | ||
| - | <WRAP center round info 60%> | + | <WRAP center round info 45%> |
| - | Currently, no source-specific improvements are planned. | + | At the moment, no source-specific improvements are planned. |
| </ | </ | ||
| + | [(SUTTONETAL2000> | ||
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| + | [(EMEPEEA2023> | ||
| + | [(IVHZZF2024> | ||