Harmonising the land-use flux estimates of global models and national inventories for 2000

Giacomo Grassi and the European Commission provide background data for harmonizing land-use CO2 flux estimates. The repository includes land-use CO2 fluxes from three Bookkeeping Models and an ensemble mean from 16 Dynamic Global Vegetation Models for 2000-2020, alongside national inventory data from UNFCCC submissions. It also contains intact forest maps and processing scripts used in the associated 2023 research paper.

Use Cases

• Compare national greenhouse gas inventory reports with global model estimates based on the provided LULUCF CO2 data.
• Analyze trends in deforestation and forest-related carbon fluxes using the time-series data from 2000 to 2020.
• Filter and process Dynamic Global Vegetation Model outputs using the included intact/non-intact forest maps and scripts.
• Benchmark the performance of different Bookkeeping Models against a harmonized reference dataset.

Strengths

• Data is consistent with the authoritative Global Carbon Budget 2022.
• Includes results from three Bookkeeping Models and an ensemble mean from 16 Dynamic Global Vegetation Models.
• National inventory data represents a comprehensive collection from UNFCCC country submissions.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

European Commission, based on UNFCCC submissions and global model outputs.

Collection Method

Aggregated from country reports to the UNFCCC and outputs from published scientific models.

Time Range

2000-2020

Geography

Global, country-level