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Diesel NOx emissions

Emissions and global health impacts of excess diesel NOx emissions from 11 major vehicle markets worldwide. Health impacts include ozone- and PM2.5-related premature mortality.

Reference: Anenberg, S.C., Miller, J., Minjares, R., Du, L., Henze, D., Lacey, F., Malley, C., Emberson, L., Franco, V., Klimont, Z., Heyes, C. (2017) Impacts and mitigation of excess diesel NOx emissions in 11 major vehicle markets. Nature, 545:467-471, doi:10.1038/nature22086.

Available data: Gridded real-world on-road diesel vehicle NOx emissions in 2015 and 2040 from 11 major vehicle markets: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU-28, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, and U.S. Datasets include NOx emissions from light-duty vehicles (ldv), heavy-duty trucks (hdt), and heavy-duty buses (bus) for two scenarios in 2015 and five scenarios in 2040. Scenarios are described in accompanying journal article.

Access the data: Download emissions data from figshare (https://figshare.com/articles/DieselNOxEmissionsInventory_zip/4748425).