ECV Products and Requirements for Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Emissions
These products and requirements reflect the Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). GCOS is reviewing and will update the requirements until 2022. More information on: gcos.wmo.int.
| PRODUCT | DEFINITION | FREQ. | RES. | REQ. MEAS. UNCERT. | STAB. | STANDARDS/ REFERENCES |
| Emissions from fossil fuel use, industry, agriculture and waste sectors | Anthropogenic emissions according to IPCC guidelines | Annual | By country and sector | Globally 5%; Nationally 10% | IPCC (2006); IPCC (2013) | |
| Emissions/ removals by IPCC land categories | Anthropogenic emissions and removals from the LULCF category according to IPCC guidelines | Annual | By country/ region | Globally 15%; Nationally 20% | IPCC (2006); IPCC (2013) | |
| Estimated fluxes by inversions of observed atmospheric composition ? continental | GHG emission/ removals (modelled using inversion of atmospheric composition), continental scale | Annual | 1000 - 10,000 km | 10% | ||
| Estimated fluxes by inversions of observed atmospheric composition - national | GHG emission/ removals (modelled using inversion of atmospheric composition), national scale | Annual | 100-1000 km | 30% | ||
| Hi-res CO2 column concentrations to monitor point sources | Spatially resolved GHG emission plume around local source | 4 hourly | 1 km | 1ppm |
