Data from: U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013

The primary greenhouse gas (GHG) sources for agriculture are nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from cropped and grazed soils, methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock production and rice cultivation, and CH4 and N2O emissions from managed livestock waste. The management of cropped, grazed, and forestland has helped offset GHG emissions by promoting the biological uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) through the incorporation of carbon into biomass, wood products, and soils, yielding a U.S. net emissions of 5,803 MMT CO2 eq (million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents). Net emissions equate to total greenhouse gas emissions minus CO2 sequestration in growing forests, wood products, and soils.

The report 'U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013' serves to estimate U.S. GHG emissions for the agricultural sector, to quantify uncertainty in emission estimates, and to estimate the potential of agriculture to mitigate U.S. GHG emissions.

This dataset contains zipped, tabulated data from the figures and tables, and maps of the entire report. Data are presented for Cropland Soils (N2O), Enteric Fermentation (CH4), Managed Livestock Waste (CH4 + N2O), Grazed Lands (CH4 + N2O), Rice Cultivation + Residue Burning (CH4 + N2O), Energy Use, Forests, Harvested Wood, Urban Trees, and Agricultural Soils. Please refer to the report for full descriptions of and notes on the data. (images under license from istockphoto.com)

Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Chapter 1 data.
File Name: Chapter 1 Figures and Tables.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures and tables from Chapter 1 for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013.

Resource Title: Chapter 2 data.
File Name: Chapter 2 data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures, maps, and tables from Chapter 2 (livestock and grazing) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013.

Resource Title: Chapter 3 data.
File Name: Chapter 3 data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures, maps, and tables from Chapter 3 (cropland) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013.

Resource Title: Chapter 4 data.
File Name: Chapter 4 all Figures and Tables.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures and tables from Chapter 4 (forests) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013.

Resource Title: Chapter 5 data.
File Name: Chapter 5 figures and table.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures and tables from Chapter 5 (energy) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2013.

Resource Title: Definitions of Terms and Units; List of Tables, Figures, and Maps.
File Name: DataDictionary.xlsx
Resource Description: Definitions of chemical entities, livestock-, cropland-, forestry-, and energy-specific terms,