Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning—1.1) Methodology Determination 2013
Subdiv 43.1 Developing maps and calculating fire scar area
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Subdivision 4.3.1 Developing maps and calculating fire scar area
4.5 Developing maps used to calculate emissions 16
4.6 Calculating the fire scar area (A) in the early dry season and the late dry season periods for each vegetation class 16
Subdivision 4.3.2 Calculating annual fire emissions for the baseline period and the reporting period
4.7 Calculating annual fire emissions 17
4.8 Calculating the area burnt (Ab) 17
4.9 Calculating potential emissions (Pe) 18
4.10 Burning efficiency (BEF) 20
4.11 Fuel load (FL) 20
4.12 Calculating years since last burnt (YSLB) for a pixel 20
4.13 Calculating the relative frequency distribution of fire history 22
4.14 Calculating the fuel load for fine fuels 23
4.15 Emission factors (EF) 23
4.16 Carbon content (CC) 24
4.17 Nitrogen to carbon ratio (NC) 24
4.18 Converting the molecular mass to elemental mass (M) 24
4.19 Calculating the annual fire emissions in tonnes CO2-e 25
4.20 Calculating average baseline emissions 25
Subdivision 4.3.3 Calculating total annual project emissions
4.21 Calculating the emissions from fuel used to establish and manage a project 26
4.22 Calculating total project emissions 27
Subdivision 4.3.4 Calculating net annual greenhouse gas abatement
4.23 Calculating net annual greenhouse gas abatement 28
Division 4.4 Data collection
4.24 Data collection 28