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Author: N.H. Ravindranath Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1402065477 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 306
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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.
Author: N.H. Ravindranath Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1402065477 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 306
Book Description
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.
Author: David Nicholls Publisher: ISBN: 9781457869525 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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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.
Author: Patrizia Gasparini Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030986780 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 598
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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.
Author: David L. Nicholls Publisher: ISBN: Category : Greenhouse gas mitigation Languages : en Pages : 30
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Federal agencies are mandated to measure, manage, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The General Services Administration (GSA) Carbon Footprint Tool (CFT) is an online tool built to utilize measured GHG inventories to help Forest Service units streamline reporting and make informed decisions about operational efficiency. In fiscal year 2013, the Forest Service Sustainable Operations GHG Tracking Team completed GHG inventories of three Forest Service units to compare top-down (national) and bottom-up (local) inventory reporting approaches. In this report, the Track to Zero Team (formerly the GHG Tracking Team) and Sustainability Science Team summarize the top-down and bottom-up approaches to GHG inventories collected and data input into the GSA CFT for the three pilot units: the Northern Research Station Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies, (Rhinelander, Wisconsin, location), the Stevensville Ranger District (Bitterroot National Forest, Stevensville, Montana), and the Tongass National Forest (Alaska). Because both top-down and bottom-up reporting methods and the scale of the three pilot units differ significantly enough to preclude quantitative analysis, this report will use qualitative analysis to compare (1) sources and methods of obtaining information, (2) ease of data access to GHG inventories, (3) level of accuracy of data within the inventories, (4) confidence in data accuracy, and (5) level of data aggregation. By conducting these pilots and comparing the top-down results from the national GHG inventory with the bottom-up or local results, we will identify methods to improve the accuracy of local GHG inventorying and tracking, strengthen the connection between local and national GHG inventories, and promote information sharing.
Author: Christoph Fischer Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030192938 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 431
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The Swiss National Forest Inventory (NFI) is a forest survey on national level which started in 1982 and has already reached its 5th survey cycle (NFI5). It can be characterized as a multisource and multipurpose inventory where information is mainly collected from terrestrial field surveys using permanent sample plots. In addition, data from aerial photography, GIS and forest service questionnaires are also included. The NFI's main objective is to provide statistically reliable and sound figures to stakeholders such as politicians, researchers, ecologists, forest service, timber industry, national and international organizations as well as to international projects such as the Forest Resources Assessment of the United Nations. For Switzerland, NFI results are typically reported on national and regional level. State of the art methods are applied in all fields of data collection which have been proven to be of international interest and have even served as a basis for other European NFIs. The presented methods are applicable to any sample based forest inventory around the globe. In 2001 the Swiss NFI published its methods for the first time. Since then, many methodological changes and improvements have been introduced. This book describes the complete set of methods and revisions since NFI2. It covers various topics ranging from inventory design and statistics to remote sensing, field survey methods and modelling. It also describes data quality concepts and the software framework used for data storage, statistical analysis and result presentation.
Author: Todd S. Rosenstock Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319297945 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 203
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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.
Author: Timothy R. H. Pearson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Carbon sequestration Languages : en Pages : 48
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Measurement guidelines for forest carbon sequestration were developed to support reporting by public and private entities to greenhouse gas registries. These guidelines are intended to be a reference for designing a forest carbon inventory and monitoring system by professionals with a knowledge of sampling, statistical estimation, and forest measurements. This report provides guidance on defining boundaries; measuring, monitoring, and estimating changes in carbon stocks; implementing plans to measure and monitor carbon; and developing quality assurance and quality control plans to ensure credible and reproducible estimates of the carbon credits.
Author: Coeli M Hoover Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1402085060 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 242
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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.
Author: Australian Inventory Methodology Working Group on Carbon Dioxide from the Biosphere Publisher: ISBN: 9780642204509 Category : Atmospheric carbon dioxide Languages : en Pages : 42
Author: N.H. Ravindranath
Author: N.H. Ravindranath
Author: David Nicholls
Author: Patrizia Gasparini
Author: David L. Nicholls
Author: Christoph Fischer
Author: David Neil Bird
Author: Todd S. Rosenstock
Author: Timothy R. H. Pearson
Author: Coeli M Hoover
Author: Australian Inventory Methodology Working Group on Carbon Dioxide from the Biosphere