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    • Global Inventory of Methane Emissions from Fuel Exploitation V1 (GFEI_CH4)

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    This is a global inventory of methane emissions from fuel exploitation (GFEI) created for the NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS). The emission sources represented in this dataset include fugitive emission sources from oil, gas, and coal exploitation following IPCC 2006 definitions and are estimated using bottom-up methods. The inventory emissions are based on individual country reports submitted in accordance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For those countries that do not report, the emissions are estimated following IPCC 2006 methods. Emissions are allocated to infrastructure locations including mines, wells, pipelines, compressor stations, storage facilities, processing plants, and refineries. The purpose of the inventory is to be used as a prior estimate of fuel exploitation emissions in inverse modeling of atmospheric methane observations. GFEI only includes fugitive methane emissions from oil, gas, and coal exploitation activities and does not include any combustion emissions as defined in IPCC 2006 category 1A. The CMS program is designed to make significant contributions in characterizing, quantifying, understanding, and predicting the evolution of global carbon sources and sinks through improved monitoring of carbon stocks and fluxes. The System uses NASA observations and modeling/analysis capabilities to establish the accuracy, quantitative uncertainties, and utility of products for supporting national and international policy, regulatory, and management activities. CMS data products are designed to inform near-term policy development and planning.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-563-2020
    https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HH4EUM

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2143386827-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2016-01-01
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2016-12-31
    Category CMS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Scarpelli, Tia R.; Jacob, Daniel J.; Maasakkers, Joannes D.; Sulprizio, Melissa P.; Sheng, Jian-Xiong; Rose, Kelly; Romeo, Lucy; Worden, John R.; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet. 2021-10-08. GFEI_CH4. Version 1. Global Inventory of Methane Emissions from Fuel Exploitation. Greenbelt, MD, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/Q28GFYJYFZ7H. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GFEI_CH4_1.html.
    Creator Scarpelli, Tia R.; Jacob, Daniel J.; Maasakkers, Joannes D.; Sulprizio, Melissa P.; Sheng, Jian-Xiong; Rose, Kelly; Romeo, Lucy; Worden, John R.; Janssens-Maenhout, Greet
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/CMS/GFEI_CH4_1.png
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/Q28GFYJYFZ7H
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-563-2020, https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HH4EUM
    Release Place Greenbelt, MD, USA
    Series Name GFEI_CH4
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e3eae426172afbf86156b4a1d808c60a2884b6f709ad294e7aa14c4a793f1f05
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z/2016-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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