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Carbon Inventory Methods

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Author : N.H. Ravindranath
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-12-03

Carbon Inventory Methods written by N.H. Ravindranath and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-03 with Science categories.

Carbon Inventory Methods Handbook fills the need for a handbook that provides guidelines and methods required for carbon inventory. It provides detailed step-by-step information on sampling procedures, field and laboratory measurements, application of remote sensing and GIS techniques, modeling, and calculation procedures along with sources of data for carbon inventory. The book is driven by a growing need for ‘carbon inventory’ for land use sections such as forests.

Top Down And Bottom Up Approaches To Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods

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Author : David Nicholls
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-02-20

Top Down And Bottom Up Approaches To Greenhouse Gas Inventory Methods written by David Nicholls and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-20 with categories.

The Gen. Services Admin. (GSA) Carbon Footprint Tool (CFT) is an online tool built to utilize measured greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories to help Forest Service units streamline reporting and make informed decisions about operational efficiency. In FY 2013, the Forest Service Sustainable Operations GHG Tracking Team completed GHG inventories of 3 Forest Service units to compare top-down (national) and bottom-up (local) inventory reporting approaches. This report summarizes the top-down and bottom-up approaches to GHG inventories collected and data input into the GSA CFT for 3 pilot units: the Northern Research Station Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies (Rhinelander, WI); the Stevensville Ranger District (Bitterroot National Forest, MN); and the Tongass National Forest (AK). Figures. This is a print on demand report.

Review Of Existing Methods For Carbon Accounting

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Author : David Neil Bird
language : en
Publisher: CIFOR
Release Date : 2010-01-01

Review Of Existing Methods For Carbon Accounting written by David Neil Bird and has been published by CIFOR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Biomass energy categories.

National Greenhouse Gas Inventory And Methodology

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Author : Australian Inventory Methodology Working Group on Carbon Dioxide from the Biosphere
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

National Greenhouse Gas Inventory And Methodology written by Australian Inventory Methodology Working Group on Carbon Dioxide from the Biosphere and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Atmospheric carbon dioxide categories.

Field Measurements For Forest Carbon Monitoring

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Author : Coeli M Hoover
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-10-20

Field Measurements For Forest Carbon Monitoring written by Coeli M Hoover and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-20 with Science categories.

In the summer of 2003, a workshop was held in Portsmouth, NH, to discuss land measurement techniques for the North American Carbon Program. Over 40 sci- tists representing government agencies, academia and nonprofit research organi- tions located in Canada, the US and Mexico participated. During the course of the workshop a number of topics were discussed, with an emphasis on the following: • The need for an intermediate tier of carbon measurements. This level of study would be more extensive than state-level inventories of the US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, but less detailed than intensive ecos- tem studies sites such as those in Long Term Ecological Research network. This tier would ideally provide a basis to link and scale remote sensing measurements and inventory data, and supply data required to parameterize existing models (see Wofsy and Harriss 2002, Denning et al. 2005). • The design criteria that such a network of sites should meet. The network and s- pling design should be standardized, but flexible enough to be applied across North America. The design also needs to be efficient enough to be implemented without the need for large field crews, yet robust enough to provide useful information. Finally, the spatial scale must permit easy linkage to remotely sensed data. • The key variables that should be measured at each site, and the frequency of measurement.

Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2010-07-28

Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-28 with Nature categories.

The world's nations are moving toward agreements that will bind us together in an effort to limit future greenhouse gas emissions. With such agreements will come the need for all nations to make accurate estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor changes over time. In this context, the present book focuses on the greenhouse gases that result from human activities, have long lifetimes in the atmosphere and thus will change global climate for decades to millennia or more, and are currently included in international agreements. The book devotes considerably more space to CO2 than to the other gases because CO2 is the largest single contributor to global climate change and is thus the focus of many mitigation efforts. Only data in the public domain were considered because public access and transparency are necessary to build trust in a climate treaty. The book concludes that each country could estimate fossil-fuel CO2 emissions accurately enough to support monitoring of a climate treaty. However, current methods are not sufficiently accurate to check these self-reported estimates against independent data or to estimate other greenhouse gas emissions. Strategic investments would, within 5 years, improve reporting of emissions by countries and yield a useful capability for independent verification of greenhouse gas emissions reported by countries.

Methods For Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances And Evaluating Mitigation Options In Smallholder Agriculture

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Author : Todd S. Rosenstock
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-08-23

Methods For Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances And Evaluating Mitigation Options In Smallholder Agriculture written by Todd S. Rosenstock and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-23 with Technology & Engineering categories.

​​This book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mitigation based on emission reductions and livelihood trade-offs. Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for about 11% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change, mostly in developing countries. Farms in the developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are predominately managed by smallholders, with 80% of land holdings smaller than ten hectares. However, little to no information exists on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potentials in smallholder agriculture. Greenhouse gas measurements in agriculture are expensive, time consuming, and error prone, challenges only exacerbated by the heterogeneity of smallholder systems and landscapes. Concerns over methodological rigor, measurement costs, and the diversity of approaches, coupled with the demand for robust information suggest it is germane for the scientific community to establish standards of measurements for quantifying GHG emissions from smallholder agriculture. Standard guidelines for use by scientists, development organizations will help generate reliable data on emissions baselines and allow rigorous comparisons of mitigation options. The guidelines described in this book, developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) and partners, are intended to inform anyone conducting field measurements of agricultural greenhouse gas sources and sinks, especially to develop IPCC Tier 2 emission factors or to compare mitigation options in smallholder systems.

A Method For Assessing Carbon Stocks Carbon Sequestration And Greenhouse Gas Fluxes In Ecosystems Of The United States Under Present Conditions And Future Scenarios

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Author : Zhiliang Zhu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

A Method For Assessing Carbon Stocks Carbon Sequestration And Greenhouse Gas Fluxes In Ecosystems Of The United States Under Present Conditions And Future Scenarios written by Zhiliang Zhu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Carbon sequestration categories.

Carbon Footprint Analysis

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Author : Matthew John Franchetti
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2012-06-18

Carbon Footprint Analysis written by Matthew John Franchetti and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-18 with Nature categories.

The negative impacts of carbon emissions from human activities continue to dramatically reshape the environmental, political, and social landscape. These impacts coupled with cap and trade schemes iterate the importance and need to properly measure and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon Footprint Analysis: Concepts, Methods, Implementation, and Case Studies provides up-to-date technical information and practical guidance on measuring and reducing energy and GHG emissions. Presenting a comprehensive framework for carbon management, this book: Provides definitions, concepts, benefits, and background information regarding carbon footprint analyses Discusses the GHG accounting methods Outlines the general systems framework for conducting an audit Features four case studies in higher education, service, and manufacturing organizations The book includes detailed discussions of the concepts and explains how the different concepts fit together. It supplies the necessary background as well as systematic tools and procedures for organizations to measure and reduce their carbon footprints and begin to adapt to a carbon-constrained world.

Italian National Forest Inventory Methods And Results Of The Third Survey

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Author : Patrizia Gasparini
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-09-29

Italian National Forest Inventory Methods And Results Of The Third Survey written by Patrizia Gasparini and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.

This open access book deals with the methods and the results of the third Italian national forest inventory (INFC2015). Arma dei Carabinieri is entrusted with the realisation of the National Forest Inventory and with the decisions about the aims of the survey and data treatment. National forest inventories produce statistically based information on forests over country areas. Such information is used either at subnational or at supranational level in a great number of spheres and processes, included possibility to depict the status of the world forests. Italy conducted its first forest inventory in 1985 and in 2001 a permanent national forest inventory was launched to have periodically updated statistics. Due to the growing concern about the environment and especially the climate change, estimating forests carbon pools was a stated main objective and it was accordingly named Italian National Inventory of Forest and Forest Carbon Pools (INFC). The book begins with a description of the general organisation, the definitions, the methods and the estimation procedures. It proceeds showing the main estimates produced by INFC2015, in tables that are given in the book chapters. The estimates are presented through texts that introduce the subject matter, explain the way the related variables were surveyed and comment on the main outcomes with the help of graphics. The estimates presented include forest area, management and production, biodiversity and protection, forest health, protective and socio-economics functions. Role of forest in the carbon balance was analysed in a specific Chapter, as this is important for its role in the climate change mitigation. The book ends providing an understanding of the current dynamics of Italian forests by comparing the estimates obtained from INFC2005 and INFC2015, the last two national surveys.