Crop Residue Burning Emission Coefficients

This dataset provides a comprehensive collection of crop-specific coefficients related to the burning of agricultural waste or “residue”: Emission Factors, Combustion Efficiencies, and Crop-to-Residue Ratios.

The crop-type emission factor tables contain the corresponding reference number, author citations, location, field/lab/expert flag, with average minus one standard deviation (“Minus SD”), average (or stated value), and average plus one standard deviation (“Plus SD”) emission factor values for CO2, CO, CH4, NOx, SO2, NH3, PM2.5, and PM10.0, and a notes column. There is a corresponding emission factor table reference list. There are emission factor tables for wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, generic, and miscellaneous crops (beans, alfalfa, millet, cotton, rapeseed, sorghum, and barley).

The combustion efficiency table contains the corresponding reference number, author citations, field/lab/expert flag, with average minus one standard deviation (“Minus SD”), average (or stated value), and average plus one standard deviation (“Plus SD”) values for wheat, maize, sugarcane, rice, and generic crops. There is a corresponding combustion efficiency table reference list. 

The crop-to-residue table contains values for wheat, maize, rice, cotton, soybean, sugarcane, alfalfa, barley, beans, and sorghum. The references are also provided.