Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
IPCC: | 3C7 - Aggregate Sources and Non-CO2 Emissions Sources on Land - Rice Cultivations |
Sector: | Agriculture & Forestry : Rice Cultivation : Field Crops |
Amount: | 28,193 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (704,821 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
Basis: | Model |
Calculation: | [Rice crop 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. https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/2005publications/CEC-600-2005-025/CEC-600-2005-025.PDF |
Activity: | Rice crop area = 227,382 ha |
Basis: | Model |
Reference: | USDA (2014). U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Production Summary. Accessed fall 2014. Available online at: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Acreage/index.php |
Parameter: | Rice field CH4 emission = 123,989 g / ha |
Reference: | CARB (2016). Technical support document on GHG inventory methodologies for the 2000-2014 inventory. See Discussion of emissions from agricultural residue burning available at: https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/pubs/reports/2000_2014/ghg_inventory_00-14_technical_support_document.pdf |
Constant: | Global warming potential of CH4 = 25 |
Reference: | IPCC (2007). Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Solomon S., Qin D., Manning M., Chen Z., Marquis M., Averyt K.B., Tignor M., and Miller H.L. (eds.). http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_synthesis_report.htm |
Amount: | 123,989 g (i.e. 123.99 kg) of CH4 per ha 3,099,723 g (i.e. 3.1 tonnes) of CO2eq. per ha |