Rice cultivation and methane emission: Documentation of distributed geographic data sets

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:5148596

Matthews, E; John, J; Fung, I

High-resolution global data bases on the geographic and seasonal distribution of rice cultivation and associated methane emission, compiled by Matthews et al., were archived for public use. In addition to the primary data sets identifying location, seasonality, and methane emission from rice cultivation, a series of supporting data sets is included, allowing users not only to replicate the work of Matthews et al. but to investigate alternative cultivation and emission scenarios. The suite of databases provided, at 1 latitude by 1 longitude resolution for the globe, includes (1) locations of rice cultivation, (2) monthly arrays of actively growing rice areas, (3) countries and political subdivisions, and (4) monthly arrays of methane emission from rice cultivation. Ancillary data include (1) a listing, by country, of harvested rice areas and seasonal distribution of crop cycles and (2) country names and codes. Summary tables of zonal/monthly distributions of actively growing rice areas and of methane emissions are presented. Users should consult original publications for complete discussion of the data bases. This short paper is designed only to document formats of the distributed information and briefly describe the contents of the data sets and their initial application to evaluating the role of rice cultivation in the methane budget.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, New York, NY (United States). Goddard Inst. for Space Studies
• OSTI ID: 5148596
• Report Number(s): N-94-24800; NASA-TM--104595; REPT--94B00030; NAS--1.15:104595
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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AGRICULTURE
ALKANES
CEREALS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CULTIVATION
EMISSION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GRAMINEAE
HYDROCARBONS
LATITUDE EFFECT
LILIOPSIDA
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
METHANE
MONTHLY VARIATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
POLLUTION SOURCES
RICE
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