bonsai_ipcc – a Python package for the calculation of national greenhouse gas inventories
Budzinski M, Delpierre M, Rodrigues J, (2024)
Publication info
Journal of Open Source Software, 9(95):6123
Abstract
The aim of the bonsai_ipcc Python package is to enable users to calculate national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories based on the guidelines provided by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023). In implementing the equations and parameter data from these guidelines, the package adheres to the organizational structure outlined in the guidelines’ PDF documents, which include volumes and chapters. The package allows users to add their own data. In addition to computing default GHG inventories, the software includes tools for error propagation calculation, such as analytical error propagation and Monte Carlo simulation, both of which are endorsed by the IPCC reports.