TOXMAP data review. Carbon monitoring for action (CARMA)

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This report describes a special project on selecting data for TOXMAP. This report was completed on January 23, 2013 for work completed between October 2012 through January 2013.

Abstract

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) was launched in 2007and is the first global inventory of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions for the energy sector. As a dataset, CARMA contains information about the carbon emissions of power companies worldwide. When used in conjunction with mapping software, CARMA provides the location, ownership and emissions of all the power plants in the world.

Acknowledgements

This research was supported in part by an appointment to the NLM Associate Fellowship Program sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and administered by the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education as well as by the Intramural Research Program of the US National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine.

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