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: |
3C2 - Aggregate Sources and Non-CO2 Emissions Sources on Land - Liming |
Sector: |
Agriculture & Forestry : Ag Soil Management : Liming |
♦ Activity: Dolomite applied to soils -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 1990 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
Amount: |
453.58 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (453.58 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Dolomite applied to soils] * [dolomite C emission factor] * [Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to C] |
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 —
Activity: |
Dolomite applied to soils = 952,213,334 g (i.e. 952.21 tonnes) |
Basis: |
Calculation |
Calculation: |
[Total lime applied to ag soils in CA] * [Total dolomite sold or used in CA] / ([Total limestone sold or used in CA] + [Total dolomite sold or used in CA]) |
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 |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
Parameter: |
Dolomite C emission factor = 0.13 g / g |
Reference: |
IPCC (2006) 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programmed, Eggleston HAS., Biennia L., Miwa K., Negara T. and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.4, Chap. 10. Published: IGES, Japan. http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/4_Volume4/V4_11_Ch11_N2O&CO2.pdf |
Parameter: |
Total dolomite sold or used in CA = 104,708,333,333 g (i.e. 104.71 thousand tonnes) |
Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year is extrapolated using the 1991-1999 trend line. |
Parameter: |
Total lime applied to ag soils in CA = 164,869,821,387 g (i.e. 164.87 thousand tonnes) |
Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year is extrapolated using the 1992-2000 trend line. |
Parameter: |
Total limestone sold or used in CA = 18,024,888,888,889 g (i.e. 18.02 million tonnes) |
Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Value for this year is extrapolated using the 1991-1999 trend line. |
Constant: |
Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to C = 3.664191096 |
Reference: |
IUPAC (2006). ATOMIC WEIGHTS OF THE ELEMENTS 2005 (IUPAC TECHNICAL REPORT). Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 2051–2066, 2006. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —
Amount: |
0.476 g of CO2 per g |