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EPA-monthly-emissions_1A_Combustion_Stationary·dataset

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

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

What it measures. A month-by-month map of methane from stationary fuel-burning equipment, such as boilers, heaters, furnaces, kilns, ovens, flares, and dryers, across the United States, from the EPA's 2012 emissions inventory.

How it's made. Built by the EPA by estimating monthly methane from stationary combustion sources and placing the totals onto a grid of map cells.

How & where you'd use it. Helps track methane from industrial and building fuel burning for national climate accounting.

What's measured

EPAmonthlyemissionsCombustionStationary

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-monthly-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).