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Temporary Dataset Download: Global Spatial Layers for Estimating Soil GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels

Dataset Access Expires on

20-October-2021

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  1. The data have been prepared for use by the Land Resource Management Unit (Institute for Environment & Sustainability) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission.
  2. The data were developed for research purposes of the JRC only and not for any other activity. The JRC does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error, missing data or omission in the data, or for any loss or damage arising from its use. The JRC agrees to provide the data free of charge but is not bound to justify the content and values contained in the databases.
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DOWNLOAD the Spatial Layers for Estimating GHG Emissions from Indirect Land Use Changes(ILUC) due to the Production of Biofuels

Find below the Available datasets.

 

1. Reference Grid and Grid Cell Area

2.1 Land Cover

2.2 Climate - Ecological Zone

2.3 Soil Default C-Stocks

2.4 Land Use System Factor

3.1 IFPRI Global Regions

3.2 Crop Surface Area

 

Details on the characteristics of the spatial layers are provided in Table 1.

Table 1: Technical Specifications of Spatial Data Layers

Feature Value
Data type 16-bit integer
File type binary
No. of columns 4320
No of rows 2160
Reference system ETRS89
Reference units Degrees
Min. x coordinate -180.00
Max. x coordinate 180.00
Min. y coordinate -90.00
Max. y coordinate 90.00

Reference of source (Citations) :

  1. Hiederer, R., F. Ramos, C. Capitani, R. Koeble, V. Blujdea, O. Gomez, D. Mulligan and L. Marelli. (2010) Biofuels: a New Methodology to Estimate GHG Emissions from Global Land Use Change. EUR 24483 EN. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 150pp.
  2. Carré, F., R. Hiederer, R., Blujdea, V. and Koeble, R. (2010) Background Guide for the Ca lculation of Land Carbon Stocks in the Biofuels Sustainability Scheme Drawing on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. EUR 24573 EN. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 109pp.
  3. Bicheron P., P. Defourny, C. Brockmann, L. Schouten, C. Vancutsem, M. Huc, S. Bontemps, M. Leroy, F. Achard, M. Herold, F. Ranera and O. Arino (2008) CLOBCOVER: Products Descroption and Validation Report. MEDIAS France, 18, avenue E. Belin, bpi 2102, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. 47pp.
  4. Ramankutty, N., A. T. Evan, C. Monfreda, and J. A. Foley, 2008. Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 22, GB1003, doi:10.1029/2007GB002952.
  5. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2006) 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Eggelstone, S., L. Buemdia, K. Miwa, T. Ngara and K. Tanabe (Eds.). IPCC/OECD/IEA/IGES, Hayama, Japan.
  1. Hiederer, R., F. Ramos, C. Capitani, R. Koeble, V. Blujdea, O. Gomez, D. Mulligan and L. Marelli. (2010) Biofuels: a New Methodology to Estimate GHG Emissions from Global Land Use Change. EUR 24483 EN. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 150pp.
  2. Carre, F., R. Hiederer, R., Blujdea, V. and Koeble, R. (2010) Background Guide for the Ca lculation of Land Carbon Stocks in the Biofuels Sustainability Scheme Drawing on the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. EUR 24573 EN. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. 109pp.
  3. Bicheron P., P. Defourny, C. Brockmann, L. Schouten, C. Vancutsem, M. Huc, S. Bontemps, M. Leroy, F. Achard, M. Herold, F. Ranera and O. Arino (2008) CLOBCOVER: Products Descroption and Validation Report. MEDIAS France, 18, avenue E. Belin, bpi 2102, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. 47pp.
  4. Ramankutty, N., A. T. Evan, C. Monfreda, and J. A. Foley, 2008. Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 22, GB1003, doi:10.1029/2007GB002952.
  5. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2006) 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Eggelstone, S., L. Buemdia, K. Miwa, T. Ngara and K. Tanabe (Eds.). IPCC/OECD/IEA/IGES, Hayama, Japan.

 

Joint Research Centre - European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC)
ID 47676
Date - Time Wed, 10/06/2021 - 11:30
Name of User blissag
Organization USTOMB ALGERIA
Type of Organization University
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E-mail bilalblissag@gmail.com
Purpose distingue for exercise and application of or concerning education
Notes

When making reference to the ESDAC

  • Panagos P., Van Liedekerke M., Jones A., Montanarella L., “European Soil Data Centre: Response to European policy support and public data requirements”; (2012) Land Use Policy, 29 (2), pp. 329-338. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.07.003
  • European Soil Data Centre (ESDAC), esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu, European Commission, Joint Research Centre