Parameter: |
Crop acreage = 680,000 acre |
Reference: |
USDA (2007). U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Historical Data. Field Crops. Accessed June 2007. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Historical_Data/index.asp |
Parameter: |
Crop residue burned = 1.9 ton / acre |
Reference: |
USEPA (1995). Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, Volume 1: Stationary Point and Area Sources, Fifth Edition, AP-42, January 1995, USEPA. Chapter 2 - Solid Waste Disposal, Section 2.5 - Open Burning, Table 2.5-5. Fuel loadings. |
Parameter: |
Fraction of production acres burned = 0.11 |
Reference: |
Jenkins, B.M., Turn, S.Q., and Williams, R.B. (1992). Atmospheric Emissions from Agricultural Burning in California: Determination of Burn Fractions, Distribution Factors, and Crop-specific Contributions. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 38: 313-330. |
Parameter: |
N2O emission factor = 1.000E-04 |
Reference: |
Jenkins, B.M. et al. (1996) Atmospheric Pollutant Emission Factors from Open Burning of Agricultural and Forest Biomass by Wind Tunnel Simulation. California Air Resources Board, A932-126, April 1996. (see in particular Tables 4.1.1 - 4.1.8). http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/single-project.php?row_id=55021 |
Parameter: |
Residue moisture content = 0.073 |
Reference: |
Jenkins, B.M. et al. (1996) Atmospheric Pollutant Emission Factors from Open Burning of Agricultural and Forest Biomass by Wind Tunnel Simulation. California Air Resources Board, A932-126, April 1996. (see in particular Tables 4.1.1 - 4.1.8). http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/single-project.php?row_id=55021 |
Constant: |
Short ton to gram conversion = 907184.7 g / ton |
Reference: |
NIST (1995). Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI). Barry N. Taylor (Ed.). NIST Special Publication 811. Appendix B8. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD. The 2008 Edition is available at: http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf |
Constant: |
Global warming potential of N2O = 310 |
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. |