Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-927-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-927-2026
Data description paper
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05 Feb 2026
Data description paper |  | 05 Feb 2026

High spatiotemporal resolution traffic CO2 emission maps derived from Floating Car Data (FCD) for 20 European cities (2023)

Qinren Shi, Philippe Ciais, Nicolas Megel, Xavier Bonnemaizon, Rohith Teja Mittakola, Richard Engelen, and Chuanlong Zhou

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High spatiotemporal resolution traffic CO₂ emission maps derived from Floating Car Data (FCD) for 20 European cities (2023) Qinren Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16600210

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This study developed high-resolution maps (100 m × 100 m) showing how much carbon dioxide is emitted from cars and trucks in 20 European cities every hour. Using anonymous GPS signals from vehicles, we tracked traffic CO2 emission patterns throughout the year 2023. The results show that emissions vary significantly between cities and across different days and seasons. This method could help cities monitor on-road emissions in real time and design better strategies to reduce them.
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