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Methane Flux

Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

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Release Date
2 October 2014
Modified Date
27 March 2015
Update Frequency
notPlanned
Publishers
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
Identifier
methane-flux
Landing Page
http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/methane-flux
Theme
ecosystems0617
Temporal Coverage
1 January 2001 — 1 January 2050

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Description

Methane (CH4) flux is the net rate of methane exchange between an ecosystem and the atmosphere. Data of this variable were generated by the USGS LandCarbon project using the General Ensemble Biogeochemical Modeling System (GEMS) based on modelled Land-Use/Land-Cover data and selected IPCC emission scenarios. The spatial extent is the conterminous United States and the temporal extent is from 1992 through 2050. Units of measure are expressed in g CH4/m2/yr. Data are projected to Albers Equal Area in the NAD83 datum at a resolution of 2000 meters and are spatially gridded in GeoTiff format.


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