Inventory Management

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Inventory Management Archiving

• Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information
  System
• (AGEIS)

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AGEIS Development objectives

• Inventory Data Management
• National set of 8 state territory inventories
  
• Raw input data 6,500 data points per year
  90,000 per submission
• Total input data/preliminary calcs 50,000 per
  inventory year - 600,000 per submission
• Emissions data - ..now in the millions
• Notation keyshundreds of thousands
• Problems for data management, and problems for
  accessibility/usability

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AGEIS Development objectives

• Data management
• Upgrade QC systems
• Replace unwieldy excel spreadsheeting
• Reduce reliance on sectoral experts
• Enhance public access to the data
• Documentation systems for review and for
  durability

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Input Data Entry
QC
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Input Data Entry
QC
Emissions Estimation
Methods/ metadata
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Input Data Entry
QC
Emissions Estimation
Core Data Base (internal query)
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Input Data Entry
QC
Emissions Estimation
Core Data Base (internal query)
External Database (Public/State net access)
OLAP/Excel Database (internal) CRF pop.
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Input Data Entry
QC
Emissions Estimation
Methods/ metadata
Core Data Base (internal query)
External Database (Public/State net access)
OLAP/Excel Database (internal)
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AGEIS Development

• Significant time, resource and budgetary
  commitment
• Significant software maintenance commitment
• SQL

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AGEIS Data Management Systems key elements

• Separation of roles responsibilities user
  accounts privileges
• Standardised templates for input data entry
• System documents timing and author of data inputs

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Standardised input data entry
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AGEIS Data Management Systems

• Separation of roles responsibilities and
  accounts privileges
• Standardised templates for input data entry
• System allocation of data into libraries
• Security of core input data
• Outer database workspace for analysts
• Transfer to core database by Database Manager
• Copied to external database for public access

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AGEIS Integrated QC systems

• AGEIS now at heart of QA/QC plan
• System provides verification tools/tests for
  input data emissions outputs
• Records history of QC assessment provides for
  independent assessments

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AGEIS QC systems (Manager)
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AGEIS public access interactive web interface
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AGEIS public access
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AGEIS integrated documentation systems

• Documentation of emissions estimation
  methodologies
• Australian Methodology for the Estimation of
  Emissions and Sinks 2002 series .across 500
  pages (2004)
• Update each year
• Emissions equations/factors - rationales for
  selection
• AGEIS links emissions data, method documentation,
  SQL coding, input data

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Source, method documentation coding
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Clinker coding
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Methodology, input data tier
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AGEIS Integrated documentation systems

• Documentation of emissions estimation
  methodologies
• Recreations feasible
• Methodology for any year may be combined with
  past input datasets
• Necessary for system maintenance
• Documentation of metadata for data inputs

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Archiving / storage

• Estimation methodologies / equations
• Input datasets
• Emission estimate datasets for three submissions
  at any time
• emissions estimates can be recreated at any time
• Empirical research library (ongoing)
• Past NIRs, CRF Tables etc

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Next steps

• Development of broader national emission accounts
• Linkages with AGO programmes
• Development of analytical tools
• Integrated uncertainty analysis

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• www.ageis.greenhouse.gov.au
• (End May)