Incorporating Land Cover Data into CAALU Software Tool Stephen M. Ogle, Ph.D. Colorado State University Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory Fort Collins, Colorado USA Acknowledgements: Collaborators: Dan Irwin (NASA), Jason Tullis (University of Arkansas), and Jack Cothren (University of Arkansas)

Incorporating GIS/Remote Sensing Data Management Activity Data: National Agriculture and Forestry Statistics GIS Spatial Data: Land Use/Cover, Soils and Climate CAALU Inventory Software Tool Emission Factors: IPCC Defaults or Country-Specific Inventory Results

GIS Spatial Data Climate –Recommend using IPCC default climate regions if applying default emission factors (classification diagram will be provided) Soil –Also recommended using IPCC default soil types (classification diagram will be provided) Land Use –IPCC categories: forest lands, croplands, grasslands, settlements, wetlands and other lands Land Use Subcategories –Forest types –Grassland Types –Cropland Types

Importing GIS Spatial Data in GHG Inventory Tool Export climate, soil, land use, land use subcategories (if included), and land area data from GIS Save data in a text file –Order of columns: climate, soil, land use, land use subcategories (if included) and land area –Column titles –Comma-delimited Import into tool using “input file” option for land use and management data entry

Import File: Example climate,soil,lutype,area TRM,HAM,CRO, TRM,HAM,FOR, TRM,HAM,GRA, TRM,HAM,SET, TRM,HAM,WET, TRM,LAM,CRO, TRM,LAM,FOR, TRM,LAM,GRA, TRM,LAM,SET, TRM,LAM,WET, TRM,VOL,CRO, TRM,VOL,FOR, TRM,VOL,GRA, TRM,VOL,WET, TRM,WET,CRO, TRM,WET,FOR, TRM,WET,GRA, TRM,WET,SET, TRM,WET,WET, WTM,HAM,CRO, WTM,HAM,FOR, WTM,HAM,GRA, WTM,LAM,CRO, WTM,LAM,FOR, WTM,LAM,GRA, WTM,LAM,WET, WTM,VOL,CRO, WTM,VOL,FOR, WTM,VOL,GRA,899.75