Software tools for Emissions Inventories Tinus Pulles t Joint TFEIP & EIONET meeting Cordoba, Spain, May 6-8, 2002 Tinus Pulles t Joint TFEIP & EIONET meeting Cordoba, Spain, May 6-8, 2002
BackgroundBackground wDeveloped since mid 1980’s wEmphasis on –Harmonisation: UNFCCC Common Reporting Format (CRF)UNFCCC Common Reporting Format (CRF) UNECE / CLRTAP Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR)UNECE / CLRTAP Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) –Transparency –Comparability wDeveloped since mid 1980’s wEmphasis on –Harmonisation: UNFCCC Common Reporting Format (CRF)UNFCCC Common Reporting Format (CRF) UNECE / CLRTAP Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR)UNECE / CLRTAP Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) –Transparency –Comparability
International reporting three separate functions? Data transfer Reporting & summarizing Database compiling UNFCCC Common Reporting Format CRF UNECE CLRTAP Nomenclature for Reporting NFR Flat file formats ASCII XML Standardized tables “CRF” “NFR” Database format MS Access National database
Data flow and tools national emission inventories National Inventory Collect Validate Store Select Interprete Aggregate source etc. UNFCCC IPCC LRTAP EMEP EU directives etc. NFR CRF ReportER CollectER
New Functionality CollectER wImproved user interface –“Inventory View” browsing all facilities and area sources data –“Facilities View”, input all facility (point source) information –“Area Sources View”, input all area source information wData collection for IPPC/EPER directive wStorage of the economic sector classification wAn improved input QA/QC report wImproved user interface –“Inventory View” browsing all facilities and area sources data –“Facilities View”, input all facility (point source) information –“Area Sources View”, input all area source information wData collection for IPPC/EPER directive wStorage of the economic sector classification wAn improved input QA/QC report
New Functionality ReportER w The Common reporting Format (CRF) of UNFCCC w The Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) of UNECE CLRTAP (2001 version) w Reports of facility level and economic sector level emissions; –these reports have not yet some final agreed format wXML output w The Common reporting Format (CRF) of UNFCCC w The Nomenclature for Reporting (NFR) of UNECE CLRTAP (2001 version) w Reports of facility level and economic sector level emissions; –these reports have not yet some final agreed format wXML output
National Inventory Collect Validate Store Select Interprete Aggregate source etc. UNFCCC IPCC LRTAP EMEP EU directives etc. Data flow and tools national emission inventories ReportER CollectER EstimatER
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CollectER II