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Documentation of California's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (2023 Edition - Last updated on 12-1-2023)

♦ Category: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use

IPCC: 3C7 - Aggregate Sources and Non-CO2 Emissions Sources on Land - Rice Cultivations
Sector: Agriculture & Forestry : Rice Cultivation : Field Crops

♦ Activity: Rice crop area -

♦ Greenhouse gas: Methane ( CH4 )

► Year 2016 —

● Greenhouse gas emission estimate —

Amount: 35,751 tonnes of CH4 Emitted (893,775 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 level used in calculations —

Activity: Rice crop area = 222,989 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

● Parameters and Constants used in calculations —

Parameter: Rice field CH4 emission = 160,326 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

● Greenhouse gas emitted per unit activity (derived from values listed above) —

Amount: 160,326 g (i.e. 160.33 kg) of CH4 per ha
4,008,159 g (i.e. 4.01 tonnes) of CO2eq. per ha