GTAP Data Bases: GTAP 12 Satellite Data and Utilities

GTAP 12 Satellite Data and Utilities

The GTAP Satellite Data and Utilities listed below allow users to more easily use and adapt the full suite of GTAP Models for analysis of global trade and environmental issues. Purchasers of the GTAP 12 Data Base will automatically get access to these data sets.

Composition and Documentation

• Air pollution dataset - Emissions for 9 substances are reported in the database: black carbon (BC), carbon monoxide (CO), ammonia (NH3), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), nitrogen oxides (NOx), organic carbon (OC), particulate matter 10 (PM10), particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Documentation coming soon.
• Complementary Greenhouse Gas emissions - NCO2 database includes emissions for non-energy combustion CO2, CH4 (methane), N2O (nitrous oxide) and the group of 25 fluorinated gases (F-gases) for all the reference years of GTAP. Each emission flow is associated with one of the four sets of emission drivers: output by industries, endowment by industries, input use by industries and consumption by households. The estimates are based on the most recent data from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and EDGAR greenhouse gas emissions database. Documentation is coming soon.
• GTAP-E Data Base - The GTAP-E Data Base provides carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions data distinguished by fuel and by user for the countries and regions in the standard GTAP Data Base. GTAP-E data is based on: the standard GTAP Data Base and the consistent energy volumes constructed using the extended energy balances compiled by the International Energy Agency (IEA) among other inputs.
• GTAP Land Use and Cover database - The land use and land cover extension of GTAP (GTAP LULC database) and its variants have been extensively used in a wide variety of applications aimed at examining the land-environment-energy nexus. For each of the GTAP regions, land endowment is represented by 18 Agro-ecological zones. GTAP Research Memorandum No. 39

Additional resources

• Introduction to the Global Trade Analysis Project and the GTAP Data Base, GTAP Working Paper No. 67
• Deriving a Global Social Accounting Matrix, GTAP Technical Paper No. 22
• RunGTAP and Hands-on Computing with RunGTAP and WinGEM To Introduce GTAP and GEMPACK (See section A detailing how to use the GTAP Data Base with the GTAP Model and RunGTAP)

Technical Support

GTAP Network members in need of technical support are encouraged to use the following avenues to request assistance. General, non-technical inquiries may be addressed to contactgtap@purdue.edu.

• GTAP FAQs
  The Center for Global Trade Analysis maintains a searchable repository of frequently asked questions on many different aspects of GTAP.
• GTAP-L Mailing List
  GTAP-L is an email-based list to which many members of the GTAP Network subscribe in order to receive updates on the GTAP Data Base, model, events, jobs and technical assistance. For further information, to subscribe or to access a searchable archive of GTAP-L messages, please visit the GTAP-L Mailing List homepage
• GTAP Support Email
  gtapsupport@purdue.edu is an account monitored by the Center for Global Trade Analysis' data team. Network members can email to reach a GTAP staff member for technical support on any GTAP product.