Annual estimates of global man-made methane emissions from 1860 through 1994. The data provides total anthropogenic emissions and breakdowns for categories including flaring, oil and gas systems, coal mining, biomass burning, livestock, rice farming, and landfills. The estimates were developed by David I. Stern of Boston University, using historical time series of variables like population and coal production.
Use Cases
- Modeling historical trends in total anthropogenic methane emissions based on annual estimates
- Analyzing sector-specific contributions to methane emissions based on categories like livestock farming and coal mining
- Correlating emissions changes with historical socioeconomic variables like population and coal production mentioned in the description
Strengths
- Provides a 135-year time series from 1860 to 1994
- Includes emissions breakdowns for seven specific anthropogenic source categories
Limitations
- Row count and column-level documentation are unknown; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- David I. Stern, Boston University
- Collection Method
- Emissions estimated as a function of historical time series variables like population or coal production.
- Time Range
- 1860-1994
- Geography
- Global