APPENDIX A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
AGAGE | Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment |
AMB | aircraft mass balance |
ARS | Agricultural Research Service |
CAIT | Climate Analysis Indicators Tool |
CALMIM | CAlifornia Landfill Methane Inventory Model |
CARB | California Air Resources Board |
CI | confidence interval |
CL | confidence level |
CMB | chemical mass balance |
COBRA-NA | CO2 Boundary Layer Regional Airborne–North America |
CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia |
DE | digestible energy |
DiAL | differential absorption Lidar |
DMI | dry matter intake |
DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
EDGAR | Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research |
EF | emission factor |
EIA | Energy Information Administration |
EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
EREF | Environmental Research and Education Foundation |
ESRL | Earth System Research Laboratory |
FOD | first-order decay model |
FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared |
G&B | gathering and boosting |
GAINS | Greenhouse gas and Air pollutant Interactions and Synergies |
GCP | Global Carbon Project |
GEI | gross energy intake |
GeoCARB | Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory |
GF | GreenFeed® |
GGRN | Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network |
GHG | greenhouse gas |
GHGI | U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory |
GHGRP | Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program |
GOSAT | Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite |
GRACEnet | Greenhouse gas Reduction through Agricultural Carbon Enhancement network |
GRI | Gas Research Institute |
GWP | global warming potential |
HB | high bleed |
IB | intermittent bleed |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
InGOS | Integrated Non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System |
INSTAAR | Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
LB | low bleed |
LCA | life-cycle analysis |
LMOP | Landfill Methane Outreach Program |
LULUCF | land use, land use change, and forestry |
MCF | methane conversion factor |
MSHA | U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASS | National Agricultural Statistics Service |
NGOs | nongovernmental organizations |
NGPL | natural gas plant liquid |
NGPP | natural gas power plant |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OSSE | observation system simulation experiments |
OTM | other test method |
PTW | pump-to-wheels |
SCIAMACHY | Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography |
SIT | State Inventory Tool |
STEWARDS | Sustaining the Earth’s Watersheds, Agricultural Research Data System |
TANSO-FTS | Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation |
TCA | tracer correlation approach |
TCCON | Total Carbon Column Observing Network |
TROPOMI | TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument |
UN | United Nations |
UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
VOCs | volatile organic compounds |
VRPM | vertical radial plume mapping |
VS | volatile solids |
WDCGG | World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases |
WIP | waste in place |
WRF-STILT | Weather Research and Forecasting—Stochastic Time-Inverted Lagrangian Transport |
WRI | World Resources Institute |
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