GISS Global Methane and Livestock Distribution, 1-Degree

A global high resolution data base of animal population densities and associated methane (CH4) emissions has been developed at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA/GISS). The animal population statistics were based primarily on the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) compilations and other sources. The animals were distributed using a 1-degree by 1-degree resolution data base of countries and land-use (Matthews, 1983). The animals included are cattle and dairy cows, water buffalo, sheep, goats, camels, pigs, horses, and caribou. Estimates of methane production from each animal type were applied to the animal populations to yield a global distribution of methane emissions by animals. About 55% of the global annual emissions was concentrated between 25 N and 55 N. Estimates of methane emissions from animals were based on the research by Crutzen et al. (1986).

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1972
    End:  1982

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1972
Temporal Range End 1982
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -180
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 13.76 MB
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Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
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Author Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1989-07-20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/EX7M-NB84
Alternate Identifier ds866.0
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category biota
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2021-09-23T11:05:01-07:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::ds866.0
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. (1989). GISS Global Methane and Livestock Distribution, 1-Degree. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/EX7M-NB84. Accessed 05 December 2023.

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