Biogeosciences www.biogeosciences.net 1726-4170 1726-4189 6 6 2009 10.5194/bg-6-1059-2009 http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1059/2009/ http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1059/2009/bg-6-1059-2009.html http://www.biogeosciences.net/6/1059/2009/bg-6-1059-2009.pdf 1059 1087 2009-06-18 A new European plant-specific emission inventory of biogenic volatile organic compounds for use in atmospheric transport models M. Karl A. Guenther R. Köble A. Leip G. Seufert guenther.seufert@jrc.it European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA now at: NILU, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway We present a new European plant-specific emission inventory for isoprene, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and oxygenated VOC (OVOC), on a spatial resolution of 0.089×0.089 degrees, for implementation in atmospheric transport models. The inventory incorporates more accurate data on foliar biomass densities from several litterfall databases that became available in the last years for the main tree species in Europe. A bioclimatic correction factor was introduced to correct the foliar biomass densities of trees and crops for the different plant growth conditions that can be found in Pan-Europe. Long-term seasonal variability of agriculture and forest emissions was taken into account by implementing a new growing season concept. The 2004–2005 averaged annual total biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions for the Pan-European domain are estimated to be about 12 Tg with a large contribution from the OVOC class of about 4.5 Tg and from monoterpenes of about 4 Tg. Annual isoprene emissions are found to be about 3.5 Tg, insensitive to the chosen emission algorithm. Emissions of OVOC were found to originate to a large extent from agriculture. 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