Agriculture and Land Use National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Software
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The program can be used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions and sinks 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 emissions from biomass burning. Methods are based on the 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.
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Inventory compilers enter land use, livestock and management activity data, assign default or country-specific emission factors, and then the program estimates emissions for each source. Results can be exported into worksheets.
The program has several innovative features:

  • Allows compilers to integrate GIS spatial data along with national statistics on agriculture and forestry
  • Accommodates Tier 1 and 2 methods as defined by the IPCC
  • Has explicit quality control and quality assurance protocols
  • Provides a long-term archive of data and results in digital format
  • Generates emission reports that can be included in communications with interested parties.
The program is primarily designed for national inventories, but may be applied at sub-national scales. Thus, it is intended mostly for use by government offices in charge of national greenhouse gas reporting. Other applications are possible, however.