Procedures to combine estimators of greenhouse gases emission factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This article describes a new procedure to estimate the mean and variance of greenhouse gases (GHG) emission factors based on different, possibly conflicting, estimates for these emission factors. The procedure uses common information such as mean and standard deviation usually reported in IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) database and other references in the literature that estimate emission factors. Essentially, it is a procedure in the class of meta-analysis, based on the computation of [Formula: see text], a new estimator for the variance of the emission factor.

Results

We discuss the quality of this estimator in terms of its probability distribution and show that it is unbiased. The resulting confidence interval for the mean emission factor is t

SUBMITTER: Marujo EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11342513 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature