Last reviewed on November 2, 2011 at 10:05
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(First Edition - Last updated on 11/19/2007)
♦ Category: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
IPCC: |
3C7 - Aggregate Sources and Non-CO2 Emissions Sources on Land - Rice Cultivations |
Sector: |
Agriculture & Forestry : Rice Cultivation : Field Crops |
♦ Activity: Harvested rice area -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
19,502 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (409,552 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Harvested rice area] * [Rice field CH4 emission] |
Reference: |
CEC (2002). Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999. Publication #600-02-001F. November 2002. California Energy Commission, Sacramento. http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/600-02-001F/2002-09-14_600-02-001F.PDF |
● Activity level used in calculations —
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Rice field CH4 emission = 122,000 g / ha |
Reference: |
CEC (2002). Inventory of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-1999. Publication #600-02-001F. November 2002. California Energy Commission, Sacramento. http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports/600-02-001F/2002-09-14_600-02-001F.PDF |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of CH4 = 21 |
Reference: |
IPCC (1996). Second Assessment Report. Climate Change 1995: WG I - The Science of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; J.T. Houghton, L.G. Meira Filho, B.A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskell (eds.); Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, U.K. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
122,000 g (i.e. 122 kg) of CH4 per ha 2,562,000 g (i.e. 2.56 tonnes) of CO2eq. per ha |