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. 2020 Apr 17;7:121. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-0462-2

Table 3.

Driving forces (indicator data) for the temporal variations of activities and emissions of significant sources in the IER database36.

Sector Indicator data for monthly variation Indicator data for daily variation Indicator data for hourly variation
Power plants

Fuel use

Temperature

Load curves Load curves
Industrial combustion plants

Production rate

Fuel use

Temperature

Working times

Holidays

Working times
Small combustion plants

Fuel use

Temperature

User behavior User behavior
Refineries

Fuel use

Oil throughput

Working times

Holidays

Working times

Shift times

Industrial processes Production rate

Working times

Holidays

Working times

Shift times

Road transport Traffic counts Traffic counts Hourly traffic