Data and model updates
in CarbonCloud

Changes

Update: FAOSTAT pesticide use
– Increase in use of Finnish fungicides & bactericides.

Update: FAOSTAT fertilizer use

Update: FAOSTAT organic soil

Update: FAOSTAT production data

Update: Machinery & pesticide use estimates
– Minor changes to most crops. Increase in green peas due to correction in machinery use.

Change: Re-added Temporary crops and Permanent crops with parameter data.

Change: Parameter data upload for improved reporting

Improvement: Tea production
– Proxy data replaced with higher-definition data on moisture content and drying emissions from literature on tea production.

Update: National Inventory Reports 2021
– Increased emissions factor from organic soils in Poland & Belarus. Decreased lime usage and emissions factor for N2O from fertilizer use.

Error correction: Groundwater data for East Africa

Improvement: NIR data usage
– Removal of NIR data over 5 years old

Update: Deforestation data
– Update on the Pendrill et al (2020) dataset to the Pendrill et al (2022) dataset.

Update: FAOSTAT pesticide use

Update: FAOSTAT fertilizer use

Update: FAOSTAT production data

Update: FAOSTAT organic soil

Update: FAOSTAT production data

Update: GWP per IPCC report AR6
– Updated Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) of N2O (-8.5%) and CH4 (-20%) per IPCC’s updates on AR6. 14% Reduced emissions from rice and 1-5% reduced emissions from other crops.

Improvement: Hops production
– Proxy data replaced with higher-definition data on moisture content and drying emissions from literature on hops production.

Change: Energy for irrigation emissions added
– Climate footprint updates most prevalent in vanilla, tree nuts, spices, coffee, and various seeds. Most noticeable changes in Southern and Western Asia, Northern Africa, and Central America.

Improvement: Estimates of fertilization rates
– Improvements most prevalent in EU.