TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and application of a detailed inventory framework for estimating nitrous oxide and methane emissions from agriculture
AU - Wang, Junye
AU - Cardenas, Laura M.
AU - Misselbrook, Tom H.
AU - Gilhespy, Sarah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC). We are grateful to David Hatch for valuable discussion. We would also like to thank editor and anonymous reviewers for their useful comments and suggestions.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - A detailed inventory framework was developed to estimate nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from UK agriculture using the IPCC approach. The inventory framework model was illustrated by combining relevant emission factors with agricultural census data for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the year 2000 to derive country-specific emission estimates which were summed to derive the UK total. The framework enables simple assessment to be made of the impact on national emissions of using different emission factors (EFs) (e.g. site- or local-specific compared with IPCC default factors). The framework was used to calculate the average annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) for specific livestock and crops, and amounts lost through volatilisation, leaching and runoff for each country in the UK. The framework provides a simple, realistic and transparent approach to estimating national emissions and can easily be updated.
AB - A detailed inventory framework was developed to estimate nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from UK agriculture using the IPCC approach. The inventory framework model was illustrated by combining relevant emission factors with agricultural census data for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for the year 2000 to derive country-specific emission estimates which were summed to derive the UK total. The framework enables simple assessment to be made of the impact on national emissions of using different emission factors (EFs) (e.g. site- or local-specific compared with IPCC default factors). The framework was used to calculate the average annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) for specific livestock and crops, and amounts lost through volatilisation, leaching and runoff for each country in the UK. The framework provides a simple, realistic and transparent approach to estimating national emissions and can easily be updated.
KW - Greenhouse gas emissions
KW - Inventory
KW - Methane
KW - Nitrous oxide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79251617243&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.014
DO - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.014
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:79251617243
SN - 1352-2310
VL - 45
SP - 1454
EP - 1463
JO - Atmospheric Environment
JF - Atmospheric Environment
IS - 7
ER -