ALU software description
The program can be used to estimate emissions and removals associated with biomass C stocks, soil C stocks, soil nitrous oxide emissions, rice methane emissions, enteric methane emissions, manure methane and nitrous oxide emissions, as well as non-CO 2 GHG emissions from biomass burning. Methods are based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as documented in the Revised 1996 IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Guidelines as further refined in the 2000 IPCC Good Practice Guidance on Uncertainty Management in National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and 2003 IPCC Good Practice Guidance for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry.
Opening Window of the Program
The software has several innovative features:
- Accommodates Tier 1 and 2 methods as defined by the IPCC
- Allows compilers to integrate GIS spatial data along with national statistics on agriculture and forestry
- Designed to produce a consistent and complete representation of land use for inventory assessment
- Can develop an enhanced characterization for livestock
- Has explicit quality control and quality assurance steps
- Provides a long-term archive of data and results in digital format
- Generates emission reports that can be included in communications with interested parties.
