A Greenhouse-Gas Information System - Monitoring and Validating Emissions Reporting and Mitigation - Chapter 2: Requirements Framework
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
The present study on a proposed greenhouse-gas information system (GHGIS) was undertaken without the benefit of requirements and specifications that will ultimately drive its choices and architecture. The discussion in this chapter attempts to develop a requirements framework that can be relied on to make choices between desired accuracy, precision, and confidence, vs. cost, schedule, and other elements. The accuracy or precision of the GHGIS (top-down) components required to validate reporting and international commitments depends on factors determined by the nature of the commitments as well as the goals of the users. The present study focuses on the task of measuring GHG emissions and attributing anthropogenic surface fluxes. This chapter explores possible emissions pathways that depart from targets and makes a number of assumptions about the needs of users to detect and quantify such departures, regardless of whether they are the result of inadvertent or willful reporting errors. Such user needs would be used to set GHGIS requirements.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 1122227
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-TR-484753
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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