New definitions of emissions in AFOLU sector for comparison with NGHGIs#384
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This is the first of two PRs to initiate a change in the AFOLU-related reporting, following a community-wide consultation carried out within the NewPathways HEU project.
It introduces CO2-specific variables, thereby splitting CO2 and non-CO2 definitions of AFOLU emissions. It also attempts to clean up land-related subcategories, notably fires.
It does not change anything regarding gross emissions variables, as this should be part of a broader effort that includes all sectors.
There's an obvious loss of backward compatibility, although only through renaming as all previously existing subcategories should still be available.
Discussed notably with @flohump, @strefler, but final suggestions my own.
Resulting definitions file attached: definitions_luc_em_def.xlsx.
List of changes:
Removed
Agricultural Waste BurningandAgriculturesubcategories for CO2.Rationale: these should be zero by definition for CO2 because climate-neutral, removing prevents adding possibly non-zero values to anthropogenic emissions.
Renamed
Landsubcategory toLULUCF, and introduced sub-level categories following IPCC 2006 guidelines' land types) +Deforestation.Rationale: comparison with Grassi et al.'s NGHGI database for CO2 requires at least
Forest LandandDeforestation;HWPsalready present;Wetlandsimportant for non-CO2; other subcategories introduced for completeness but can always be ignored.Fireswere moved two levels up in the tree toEmissions|{species}|Firesand removed for CO2.Rationale: only explicit fire management should be included in AFOLU; since it is very unclear whether these are anthropogenic or natural fires we want to force the user to think about it; CO2 removed altogether because either climate-neutral (grassland), already in LULUCF (deforestation fires), or supposed to be in the natural response (other forest or peat fires); non-CO2 may still be necessary for ScenarioMIP (@jkikstra?).
Introduced
CO2|AFOLU [NGHGI]|Natural Flux Over Managed Landas the correction term that allows translation from model/scientific definition to NGHGIs', optionally split over the same land categories as the LULUCF term.Rationale: since this represents only natural processes (response to CO2, climate change, etc.), only a few IAMs can estimate it currently, but it is a necessary component of the total
CO2|AFOLU [NGHGI]flux.Introduced
CO2|AFOLU [NGHGI]andKyoto Gases|AFOLU [NGHGI]aggregates that areCO2|AFOLUandKyoto Gases|AFOLU+CO2|AFOLU [NGHGI]|Natural Flux Over Managed Land.Rationale: for completeness and partially solves issue 374.
File structure changes:
emissionstoemissions-afolu)level-2-species-no-CO2tag fileOther change: