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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (5th Edition - Last updated on 02/19/2013)

♦ Category: Energy

IPCC: 1A3bi - Fuel Combustion Activities - Transport - Road Transportation - Cars
Sector: Transportation : On Road : Light-duty Vehicles : Passenger Cars

♦ Activity: Fuel combustion - Distillate

♦ Greenhouse gas: Nitrous oxide ( N2O )

► Year 2000 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 11.49 tonnes of N2O Emitted (3,561 tonnes CO2 Eq.)
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [Fuel Combustion] * [Fuel N2O emission]
Reference: ARB (2012). Upcoming technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2010 inventory. Specific questions may be directed to ARB staff, see: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/contacts.htm

● Activity level used in calculations —

Activity: Fuel combustion = 34,643,426 gal of Distillate
Basis: Calculation
Calculation: [EMFAC category fuel combustion] * ([Fuel sales] / [EMFAC total fuel combustion])
Reference: ARB (2012). Upcoming technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2010 inventory. Specific questions may be directed to ARB staff, see: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/contacts.htm
Reference: Not Applicable.

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: EMFAC category fuel combustion = 31,341,929 gal
Reference: ARB (2007). The California Air Resources Board's EMission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways and local roads in California. Model and documentation available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/onroad/latest_version.htm
Parameter: EMFAC NOx emission = 1,227,569,991 g (i.e. 1.23 thousand tonnes)
Reference: ARB (2007). The California Air Resources Board's EMission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways and local roads in California. Model and documentation available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/onroad/latest_version.htm
Parameter: EMFAC total fuel combustion = 2,381,859,604 gal
Reference: ARB (2007). The California Air Resources Board's EMission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways and local roads in California. Model and documentation available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/onroad/latest_version.htm
Parameter: EMFAC Vehicle miles traveled = 853,641,429 mile
Reference: ARB (2007). The California Air Resources Board's EMission FACtors (EMFAC) model was used to calculate emission rates from all motor vehicles, such as passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks, operating on highways, freeways and local roads in California. Model and documentation available online at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msei/onroad/latest_version.htm
Parameter: Fuel N2O emission = 0.332 g / gal
Reference: Long, J. (2007). Personal communication between Kevin Eslinger of CA Air Resources Board and Jeff Long, Air Resources Board Mobile Sources Assessment Branch, September 2007.
Parameter: Fuel sales = 2,632,760,061 gal
Reference: BOE (2011). California State Board of Equalization. Fuel Taxes Division Statistics & Reports - Motor Vehicle Fuel. Accessed online at: http://www.boe.ca.gov/sptaxprog/spftrpts.htm
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.

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity —

Amount: 0.332 g of N2O per gal of Distillate
103 g of CO2eq. per gal of Distillate
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