Last reviewed on 12-01-2023
Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory
(2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)
♦ Category: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use
| IPCC: |
3C2 - Aggregate Sources and Non-CO2 Emissions Sources on Land - Liming |
| Sector: |
Agriculture & Forestry : Ag Soil Management : Liming |
♦ Activity: Limestone applied to soils -
♦ Greenhouse gas: Carbon dioxide ( CO2 )
► Year 2017 —
● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —
| Amount: |
94,443 tonnes of CO2 Emitted (94,443 tonnes CO2 Eq.) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Limestone applied to soils] * [limestone C emission factor] * [Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to C] |
| 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 level used in calculations —
| Activity: |
Limestone applied to soils = 214,788,545,742 g (i.e. 214.79 thousand tonnes) |
| Basis: |
Calculation |
| Calculation: |
[Total lime applied to ag soils in CA] * [Total limestone sold or used in CA] / ([Total limestone sold or used in CA] + [Total dolomite sold or used in CA]) |
| 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 |
| Reference: |
Not Applicable. |
● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —
| Parameter: |
Limestone C emission factor = 0.12 g / g |
| Reference: |
IPCC (2006). 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programmed, Eggleston HAS., Biennia L., Miwa K., Negara T. and Tanabe K. (eds). Vol.4, Chap. 11: Managed Soils. Published: IGES, Japan. https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/vol4.html |
| Parameter: |
Total dolomite sold or used in CA = 53,000,000,000 g (i.e. 53 thousand tonnes) |
| Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Values were extrapolated from years for which data were available. |
| Parameter: |
Total lime applied to ag soils in CA = 215,458,190,119 g (i.e. 215.46 thousand tonnes) |
| Reference: |
CDFA (various years). Fertilizing Materials Tonnage Report, (published bi-annually). California Department of Food and Agriculture. http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/is/ffldrs/Fertilizer_Tonnage.html |
| Parameter: |
Total limestone sold or used in CA = 17,000,000,000,000 g (i.e. 17 million tonnes) |
| Reference: |
DATA NOT AVAILABLE - Values were extrapolated from years for which data were available. |
| Constant: |
Molecular weight ratio of CO2 to C = 3.664191096 |
| Reference: |
IUPAC (2006). Atomic Weights of the Elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 78, No. 11, pp. 2051–2066, 2006. |
● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —
| Amount: |
0.44 g of CO2 per g |