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EPA-annual-emissions_1A_Combustion_Stationary·dataset

U.S. Methane From Fixed Fuel-Burning Equipment (2012)

Gridded 2012 EPA Methane Emissions - Stationary Combustion
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. A map of 2012 methane emissions across the U.S. from stationary fuel-burning equipment such as boilers, heaters, furnaces, kilns, ovens, and flares.

How it's made. Compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency into a gridded national emissions inventory.

How & where you'd use it. Helps researchers and policymakers locate methane from fixed industrial combustion.

What's measured

EPAannualemissionsCombustionStationary

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2012-01-01 → 2012-12-31
  • Spatial extent-130, 20, -60, 55
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Stationary (non-mobile) emissions from sector 1A, including boilers, heaters, furnaces, kilns, ovens, flares, thermal oxidizers, dryers, and any other equipment or machinery that combusts carbon bearing fuels or waste stream materials.

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("EPA-annual-emissions_1A_Combustion_Stationary")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).