SavBAT 2.1 User Manual - Savanna Burning Abatement Tool
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1. Presentation Presentation Measure CA Arrow Content M Window Window Zoom To Presentation Find Create Map cris EH 0 B gt B 4 233 1767219 Position 13 0190879 If displaying the vegetation layer in ArcMap choose the Add Data option and navigate to the layer saved in the directory then open The screen display will be very similar to the ArcGIS Explorer display Use the information button option to click on and find out more information about individual pixels or refer to the left hand panel for pixel values and associated colours 2 To verify the coordinate system and projection and that it complies with SavBAT 2 1 requirements GDA_1994 Albers open layer properties in ArcGIS Explorer by right clicking the vegetation layer title in the left hand contents panel Under the Source Data tab it will list data type raster and the coordinate system If this coordinate system is different to GDA_1994 Albers please use ArcMap another GIS with data manipulation functionality to re project the layer see step 5 above Check the properties after re projection to ensure the process has worked If needing to reclassify numerical pixel values of the vegetation layer to those required by SavBAT see first table of Appendix A for pixel values and corresponding vegetation types use the Reclassify or Reclass by Table tools in ArcMap under Spatial Analyst Co2. See Before you start Data required from the user page 9 or Data for a hypothetical abatement forecast page 22 The intermediate proxy server i e your internet settings do not allow for a long enough calculation time between when the message is sent to SavBAT 2 1 and the results of the calculations are sent back to you from SavBAT2 1 Change the server timeout settings to five or more minutes for report estimate calculations An unexpected error with the SavBAT 2 1 server Try the process again SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 37
3. supported format projection and structure Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the GeoTIFF page 10 More help is available in Appendix A Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 35 Upload map Upload map Upload map Upload map Upload Map Upload map Upload map Confirm Map Confirm Map Error Message mage Format must be a single band GeoTIFF Error Message mage data type cannot be xxx It must be a 8 bit palette GeoTIFF Error Message mage data type cannot be 1 bit It must be a 8 bit palette GeoTIFF Error Message Fail to get GeoTransform Metadata Error Message Unexpected Error Upload failure reason unknown Please select the file and try again Error Message The uploaded shapefile has no projection file Error Message The uploaded zip file does not contain a valid shapefile Error Next button not functioning Error Message nvalid pixel value is found Value must be in list lt xxx gt Information Message A pixels in the vegetation raster are valid The raster is entirely within the Low rainfall region Commonwealth of Australia 2015 The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not in the required format Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 More help is available in Appendix A The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not in the required form
4. 0 including the same geospatial processes and calculations Note the vegetation fuel type base map is not certified as meeting the requirements of the method and cannot be submitted in an offsets report to the Clean Energy Regulator The base map functionality is provided to assist proponents with estimates of abatement potential The rainfall zones are defined by a map that is downloadable from htto www environment gov au climate change emissions reduction fund methods savanna burning Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 5 To undertake the geospatial operations SavBAT 2 1 retrieves monthly fire maps that are developed and maintained on the North Australia Fire Information NAFI website www firenorth org au The data accessed from this site is compliant with the method s requirements for monthly and seasonal fire maps GeoTIFF files that upload successfully in previous versions of SavBAT are also correctly attributed and formatted for upload into SavBAT 2 1 1 1 Browser support SavBAT 2 1 is designed for a minimum support screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and for use with recent versions of the major browsers Internet Explorer Chrome Mozilla Firefox and Safari 1 2 Step by step use of SavBAT 2 1 SavBAT 2 1 is a simple web interface which consists of six web pages that sequentially step users through the entering of required data in order to generate either an offsets report or hypothetical abat
5. Data Frame Current Raster Dataset Original Clip Inside amp Save As Layer File Create Layer Package Properties Raster Size columns rows 249 NoDataas 255 Property Bands 1 Pixel Depth 8 Bit Uncompressed Size 63 71KB Extent left top right bottom 144991 0618 1457425 0430 82816 0618 1522900 0430 4 n Location D Projects Carbon_FishRiver 2291_NT_FishRiver_VegMethadolog Name fish veg_250m tif Format TIFF a Compression Type Compression Quality 75 NONE 11 Check the properties and values of the file as per the Verification section below 12 Save the vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF in a folder for use as input in SavBAT 2 1 13 Save a copy of the vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF and raw map for archiving purposes in accordance with the method 14 It is recommended the user does backup for all related data on a separate IT network or some other off site storage facility Verification The points below are not required to make data ready for use in SavBAT 2 1 but can help in confirming the format and features of existing tif vegetation layers and making some fixes to existing data If the user wishes to view and verify an existing tif vegetation fuel type layer they should use a GIS application to do so such as ArcMap as used in the steps above or ArcGIS Explorer as included in the ESRI ArcGIS p
6. Emm Q 50 507526 8 937 84 12 800 42 1666300 20 24 388 16 IWTu 210 031 25 o 60 11 315 68 15 178 26 19 040 84 22 903 42 26 E t t IOWM 0 00 a ata On z e aem ISHH 6 25 70 17 556 11 21 418 69 25 281 27 29 143 85 the page at present 80 23 796 53 27 659 11 31 521 69 to a CSV file obal Warming Potential Values sS 90 30 036 96 33 899 54 GWP Value 400 28 277 29 CH4 21 N20 310 Warning This estimate does not account for fu 22 inestimstes of petentiaLabstement which are materially Start of the LDS for project region TETTE Price per tonne is editable LOS Sissi uis if user selects the gross 1999 1 August value option 2000 1 August 2001 1 August 2002 1 August Display shows information about the 2005 ugus Cells display abatement in tonnes of 2008 1 August CO2 e or gross value depending on 2007 the display option chosen by the user 2008 1 August 2009 1 August 2010 1 August 2011 1 August 2012 1 August 2013 1 August Hypothetical 1 August Return to Start The initial view of the calculation results is tonnes of CO e for scenarios of percentage of the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 burnt in the EDS and LDS in 10 increments The of project area burnt by fire season is the fire scar area as a percentage of the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 not the fire scar area multiplied by patchiness as a percent
7. Reporting NGEH Measurement Determination NGER legislation does not define fossil fuels types only fuel types However the method extends the ordinary meaning of the term where a fossil fuel is a fuel that is sourced from fossil hydrocarbon deposits but may also include biofuels and blends from these two sources The fossil fuel type i e NGER fuel type should match that which is specified in Schedule 1 of the NGER Measurement Determination in force at the end of the reporting period This extends to the energy content factors and emission factors used to calculate the emissions from fuel use All versions of the NGER Measurement Determination can be accessed at http www comlaw gov au Series F2008L02309 If a fossil fuel usage row is entered i e if any field in a row has data entered all three fields of the row must be completed It is recommended that the user records the fuel item number and the name of the fuel combusted e g 56 Kerosene for use as fuel in an aircraft The user must externally from SavBAT 2 1 calculate the emissions from fuel use in accordance with the requirements of the NGER Measurement Determination Volume Used and Emissions from fossil fuel use will be validated by SavBAT 2 1 as positive numbers 2 1 7 Global Warming Potential Values These fields are required Global Warming Potential GWP values for methane CH4 and nitrous oxide N2O are specified in Schedule 1 of the National Greenhouse
8. and Energy Reporting NGER Reporting Regulations in force at the end of the reporting period All versions of the NGER Reporting Regulations can be accessed at https www comlaw gov au Series F2008L02230 At the time this user manual version was published the GWP values were e CHz 25 e 0 298 Users must manually enter the appropriate GWP which will be validated as positive numbers by SavBAT 2 1 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 12 2 2 Getting started Using SavBAT 2 1 SavBAT 2 1 pages are set up for ease of navigation with buttons at the base of each page that allow users to navigate backwards and forwards at any point before the calculation has been initiated The user must have uploaded a valid file or populated required cells with valid data to progress through the pages using the Next or Calculate buttons Note that when using SavBAT 2 1 the user should navigate using the buttons provided at the bottom of each page Do not use the browser s Back or Forward buttons to navigate SavBAT 2 1 assists users through drop down menus for standard values where they occur Cells or drop down menus can be selected either by tabbing or selecting the cell using the cursor Cells are colour coded or shaded to help users e White Cell requires value but user has not yet tabbed through or clicked on the cell e Green Data passes validation Note that this does not mean that the dat
9. at any time by recomputing the file checksums adding them and comparing the result to the value included in the report SavBAT 2 1 automatically adds the two component values Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 17 4 HYPOTHETICAL ABATEMENT FORECAST SavBAT 2 1 can estimate abatement potential for a hypothetical future year This is referred to as a hypothetical abatement forecast This hypothetical abatement forecast uses the same processes and calculations as the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report However it does not account for fuel use and makes assumptions that may result in estimates of potential abatement which are materially different from the abatement which is ultimately realized 4 1 Differences between a forecast and what is ultimately realised Any hypothetical abatement forecast will almost certainly be different from what abatement is ultimately realised due to e the use of a vegetation fuels type dataset that is not validated in accordance with the method and or e the use of data to inform the calculation processes for the hypothetical abatement forecast differing from that data used for the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report estimates The causes of these potential differences are explained in the next two sections 4 1 1 Differences due to use of a non validated vegetation fuels type dataset The use of a non validated vegetation fuels type dataset will result in differences between the hypothetical
10. tonnes of COz e and also in dollars based on a user entered price per tonne of CO e In addition to the screen display of this data a downloadable CSV version of this data is available This is a simple CSV format file containing the data displayed on the screen and will not contain any formulae or functionality Guidance on how to interpret the results is given in Results page 244 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 22 Contrm Map 4 Sole Procase Pred Dotas Y 6 Results Abatement Estimation produced on 30 10 2014 09 50 49 using base vegetation map clipped by project boundary rainfall_both_gda94 zip Display Tonnes of CO2 e Gross Value Export to CSV Vegetation Fugl Type by Area Ha for Project of project Rainfall Zone lass egetation Area Ha 0 10 20 30 50 60 80 90 100 5 High hOFM 200 00 0 26 126 87 2226429 18 401 71 1452913 10 Y 19 4 773 77 8 636 35 12 498 93 o High hWMi 41 762 50 40 19 886 44 16 023 86 12 161 29 829871 44 573 55 3 289 03 51 11 014 19 14 876 77 A High hWHu 0 00 Q 20 1264802 9 78344 5920868 205828 18 5 886 88 9 529 46 17 254 62 2 hSHH 3 275 00 z 30 7 40559 3 543 01 31957 4 182 15 84 11 907 30 15 769 88 c i IWHu 0 00 b 7 7 752 57 77 40 1 165 17 2 697 41 6559 99 10 422 57 14 18 147 73 22 010 31
11. zones c lf the user s project area crosses the boundary between the two rainfall zones it is suggested that the user does not merge the maps in shapefile format but later in the process when they are both in raster format see step 6 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 29 5 Check the properties of the file ensuring the data is in GDA_1994 Albers ESPG 3577 in ArcMap GDA 1994 Australia Albers If not re project the file using the Project tool 5 8 z E gt o gt Input Dataset or Feature Class Project Input Coordinate System optional Projects spatial data from one coordinate system to another Output Dataset or Feature Class INPUT Output Coordinate System R Geographic Transformation optional GCS GRS 1980 Scale 1 16 500 000 x Seale 1 16 500 000 Cae Environments lt lt tide Help Took Help 6 Classify the vegetation fuel type data according to the SavBAT 2 1 vegetation fuel type pixel values a Add an integer field e g SavBAT2 1_Fuel_ Type to the shapefile attribute table and use the Field Calculator right mouse click on heading of the new field to attribute the new field with values 0 1 2 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 To avoid common errors ensure that before conversion e Only values 0 1 2 3 4 are used in the high rainfall zone e Only values 0 11 12 13 14 15 are used in the low r
12. 0 Pixel is within the project area but contains an ineligible vegetation fuel type 11 IWHu Woodland with Hummock grass 12 IWMi Woodland with Mixed grass 13 IWTu Woodland with Tussock grass 14 IOWM Open Woodland with Mixed grass 15 ISHH Shrubland Heath with Hummock grass 255 NODATA i e pixel is outside the project area For the operation of eligible projects the method requires that a map of vegetation fuel type must a Bein raster format with a maximum pixel size of 250 m x 250 m b Assign a vegetation fuel type to each pixel that represents a part of the project area according to the vegetation fuel type specified in Schedule 1 The high and low rainfall zones have vegetation fuels types unique to each zone and SavBAT 2 1 checks that each zone is correctly attributed c Be based on mapping products of topographical and landscape features such as landform substrate slope elevation projected foliage cover persistent greenness or a satellite derived vegetation index d Be validated in accordance with section 3 4 using validation data collected not more than three years before project commencement Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 27 The procedure described here assumes Vegetation fuel tyoe map data have been created or derived by the user and saved as a shapefile The vegetation fuel type data has been clipped to the project boundary and the relevant rainfall z
13. 3 77 8 636 35 12 498 93 High hWMi 41 762 50 40 19 886 44 16 023 86 8 29871 4 436 13 573 55 3 289 03 7 151 64 11 014 19 14 876 77 E High hWHu 0 00 Q 20 12648602 9 783 44 2 058 28 1 804 30 5 666 88 9 529 46 13 39204 17 254 62 2 High hSHH 3 275 00 30 7 40559 3 543 01 4 182 15 8 044 72 11 907 30 15 769 88 19 632 46 m c Low IWHu 0 00 7 E 40 1 16517 2 697 41 10 422 57 14 285 15 18 147 73 22 010 31 Tue as 0 00 3 18 682 00 20 525 58 24 288 18 Low IWTu 210 031 25 22 903 42 26 766 00 Low IOWM 0 00 o 70 1755611 21 418 69 25 281 27 29 143 85 m En n E 80 23 796 53 27 659 11 31 521 69 Global Warming Potential Values 90 20 026 98 33 899 54 Gas GWP Value 100 28 277 29 CH4 21 4 4 3 Assess the projects target fire regime Assess the abatement impact of the projects target EDS and LDS area burnt by tracing the target LDS burnt to where it meets the target EDS burnt on the first two tabs of the hypothetical abatement forecast Results page The layout allows the user to assess the impact of adverse outcomes such as where break even is when the user meets the LDS target but where the LDS exceeds the target use the gross value function and the price per tonne cell with a value of interest Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 25 5 CONTACT US If you have any problems setting up or using SavBAT 2 1 or for mo
14. AZ A Tann EN Current coordinate system GDA 1994 Australia Albers gt WKID 3577 Authority EPSG Projection Albers E Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 28 PROJCS GDA94 Australian Albers e Geographic Coordinate System GCS 1994 or GDA94 DATUM Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994 SPHEROID GRS 1980 6378137 0 298 257222101 e AUTHORITY EPSG 7019 TOWGS84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTHORITY EPSG 6283 J PRIMEM Greenwich 0 0 AUTHORITY EPSG 8901 UNIT degree 0 01 745329251 9943295 AXIS Geodetic longitude EAST AXIS Geodetic latitude NORTH AUTHORITY EPSG 4283 PROJECTION Albers Equal Area AUTHORITY EPSG 9822 PARAMETER central meridian 132 0 PARAMETER latitude of origin 0 0 PARAMETER standard parallel 1 18 0 PARAMETER false easting 0 0 PARAMETER false northing 0 0 PARAMETER standard parallel 2 36 0 UNIT metre 1 0 AXIS Easting EAST AXIS Northing NORTH AUTHORITY EPSG 3577 3 Add the vegetation fuel type shapefile to the data frame 4 Check the mapping extent and edit or clip using the Clip function under Raster Processing a Clip using the project boundary b Clip using the appropriate rainfall region boundary high rainfall or low rainfall zones if the user s project is on the coast or adjacent to the boundary between rainfall
15. Australian Government i5 Department of the Environment SavBAT 2 1 User Manual User manual version created 06 11 2015 DISCLAIMER The material in this document is made available for general information only and on the understanding that the Commonwealth is not providing advice Before relying on any material contained in this document users should seek their own professional independent advice about the use of SavBAT 2 1 and any of their entitlements or obligations that relate to any Commonwealth program While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy correctness and reliability of the material contained in this document the Department does not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the material provided In no event shall the Department its employees officers sub contractors or third parties be liable to you for any damages including without limitation direct indirect or consequential damages including without limitation damages for loss of profits business interruption or loss of information arising out of the use or the inability to use this document or recommendations or information contained in this document whether based on warranty contract or tort including negligence and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages Department means the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Department of the Environment or any other Commonwealth agency or body responsible for th
16. DS and the LDS periods for each vegetation fuel type class 4 Accepts pre prepared data for fuel use y Accepts user defined global warming potential values S Calculates net annual and adjusted net annual abatement required for offsets reporting and record keeping and V Creates many of the maps that contribute to offsets reporting and record keeping SavBAT 2 1 does not 3 Provide mapping functionality that permits the user to create the vegetation fuel type map required by the method 3 Assess whether the vegetation fuels type map used by SavBAT 2 1 has been validated in accordance with the method 3 Link to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting NGER legislation for Fuel Usage and Global Warming Potential information users should access NGER legislation independently for this information 3 Sum project parts where a project uploaded to SavBAT 2 1 has more than one part 3 Permit the use of seasonal fire maps that are not sourced from NAFI 3 Allow for baselines that start before the year 1992 in the low rainfall zone and 1995 in the high rainfall zone these early baselines are only potentially valid for transitioning projects early baselines are not permitted for projects under the current method 3 Require or allow users to create accounts or log in 3 Provide a permanent document management or record management system for the files created by users or 3 Output spatial datasets used in th
17. SLB data and overlays this with the vegetation fuels type map to derive a table of YSBL by vegetation fuel type Probability Because it cannot be known which season each vegetation fuel type will burn in the future the percentage burnt for each fire season is applied equally across each vegetation fuel type in the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 Compared with the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report process described to the left this process uses the most recent year of YSLB data available and overlays this data with the vegetation fuels type map then multiplies the resulting area by the percentage burnt for the EDS and LDS for the cell of the estimation results currently being calculated SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 19 The below example demonstrates the limitations of the hypothetical abatement forecast Hypothetical example A high rainfall project has two vegetation fuel types NSHH and hOFM with areas of 100 000 and 10 000 ha respectively In February 2016 the project proponent uses SavBAT 2 1 to investigate abatement scenarios for the coming fire season SavBAT 2 1 overlays the project vegetation fuel type map with the available 2015 YSLB data to create Table i below SavBAT 2 1 then assigns area burnt by YSLB as per each combination of EDS and LDS percent area burnt from the results matrix Table ii below gives a scenario from a results matrix where 10 of the area is burnt in the EDS and 20 in the LDS Table iii demonstrates how
18. T 2 1 offsets report eeeeessessseesseeeeneeeennnnnenees 16 2 3 1 Record keeping Information included in Excel file 17 Auditing of a SavBAT 2 1 offsets 17 9 4 SavBAT 2 1 1estung and auditing seco E rto re re ate dr e od avendo et 17 4 Hypothetical Abatement 18 4 1 Differences between a forecast and what is ultimately realised 18 4 1 1 Differences due to use of a non validated vegetation fuels type dataset 18 4 1 2 Differences due to data used to inform the calculation processes 18 4 2 Data for hypothetical abatement 22 4 2 1 PIO SCLIDOUNGANY mise ccn 22 4 3 Creating a hypothetical abatement 22 4 3 1 Printing the hypothetical abatement forecast 24 432 EXPO CSV T hclollalitVu2i 525521005810 24 4 4 X Results Hypothetical abatement 24 4 4 1 Understanding the baseline fire characteristics 24 4 4 2 X Analyse the hypothetical abatement foreca
19. Table i and ii are combined for this scenario Using this approach SavBAT 2 1 creates an equivalent of Table iii for each of the 66 combinations of EDS and LDS percent area burnt in the results matrix and uses this table to calculate potential abatement for each scenario i e combination of EDS and LDS percentage area burnt The following year 2017 the proponent creates a SavBAT 2 1 offsets report for 2016 SavBAT 2 1 uses the same 2015 YSLB data as in the previous year s estimate however the seasonal fire maps for 2015 have now been produced SavBAT 2 1 overlays the 2015 YSLB data with the vegetation fuel type map and the fire season map and determines the area burnt by YSLB Table iv below In this hypothetical example 33 000 ha burnt as it did in the hypothetical abatement forecast example with 11 000 ha in the EDS and 22 000 ha in the LDS However the fire activity was proportionally higher in the hOFM than assumed in the earlier SavBAT 2 1 estimate Thus even though the total area burnt in each season was the same the abatement calculation in the report will differ from the earlier hypothetical abatement forecast because information is now available on where the activity has occurred and the associated vegetation fuel type influences emissions calculations Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 20 Table i Vegetation fuel type map overlaid by most recent YSLB data Used for abatement estimate Season fu
20. a hypothetical future year This is referred to as a hypothetical abatement forecast SavBAT 2 1 builds on SavBAT 2 0 by calculating adjusted net annual abatement and improving the hypothetical abatement forecast calculation outputs SavBAT 2 0 was released with the exposure draft of the method SavBAT 1 0 an earlier version of SavBAT is only applicable to projects in the high rainfall zone that are registered with the earlier savanna fire management method Carbon Credits Carbon Farming Initiative Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning 1 1 Methodology Determination 20183 SavBAT 2 1 supports projects in both the savanna low rainfall zone and high rainfall zone The method treats the two rainfall zones separately but combines the abatement estimates from each SavBAT 2 1 is able to calculate forecasts and reports from a single map with land in both the high rainfall zone and the low rainfall zone Broadly the method approaches for the two rainfall zones differ in the following ways e High rainfall zone four unique eligible vegetation fuel types the baseline period is 10 years e lowrainfall zone five unique eligible vegetation fuel types the baseline period is 15 years With the exception of the length of the baseline period the calculation processes are the same for both rainfall zones SavBAT 2 1 calculates the abatement using the same logic and reference table values as SavBAT 2
21. a is correct for the user s project area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 e Red User has input invalid data or selected a cell without populating the cell Until all required cells have been populated with valid data the Next or Calculate button will be disabled See below for standard features in the Offsets Report Project Details page Enter Offset rt detail nter Offsets report details red fails validation Project ID 0008 Project Name Project green passes Reporting Year 2014 Select baseline period 2004 2013 M dropdown menu Uncertainty buffer for the preceding year Enter zero 0 if this is the first reporting year for the project sres under the methodology e g a new project an existing CFI project transitioning to the ERF links to NGER and user manual pages h p www comiaw gov au Series F2008L023098 a adds new fuel row SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Add fue Fuel Type Vol Used I Usage Emission tonnes CO2 e red cell requires data p has been clicked deletes row white cell requires hup www com iaw gov au Seres F2005L02308 data hasnt been Sav5AT 23 User Manual clicked Gas GWP Value Osis calculate button disabled invalid or N20 unpopulated cells in form Back Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 13 2 2 1 SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionality SavBAT 2 1 has a simple map page which displays the uploaded or clippe
22. abatement forecast and what abatement is ultimately realised This occurs when the user chooses to upload e aproject boundary in this case SavBAT 2 1 creates a vegetation fuel type dataset from the vegetation fuel type base map or e auser created GeoTIFF that has not been validated in accordance with the method In both instances the completeness or accuracy of this map for any uploaded project boundary is unknown 4 1 2 Differences due to data used to inform the calculation processes Hypothetical abatement forecast calculations in SavBAT 2 1 are informed by geospatial analysis when appropriate data are available i e past data and or assumptions about the probabilities of vegetation fuel types burning in each fire season SavBAT 2 1 offsets report calculations are informed only by geospatial analysis resulting in differences between the hypothetical abatement forecast and what abatement is ultimately realised How these processes are used in the hypothetical abatement forecast calculations is described below Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 18 Data used to inform calculation Area burnt by fire season and vegetation fuel type ha Table 12 Area burnt by YSLB ha SavBAT 2 1 Table 14 Geospatial Uses the seasonal fire map and overlays this with the vegetation fuel type map to derive actual area burnt in the reporting year Probability Geospatial data is available to populate this ta
23. age of the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 The right side of the page displays information about the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 and the information used to inform the hypothetical abatement forecast This information and the results in tonnes of COz e are static and do not change If the user wishes to change any of the information about the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 or the hypothetical abatement forecast other than the price per tonne they will need to run another simulation As well as the tonnes of CO e the user by pressing the button Gross Value activate functionality where they can populate the price per tonne cell with a value of interest to them The display then shows the dollar value for the estimated abatement when multiplied by this value Adding or changing the value in this field dynamically updates the data displayed in the table cells Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 23 4 3 1 Printing the hypothetical abatement forecast SavBAT 2 1 does not have a print function Users can save print the hypothetical abatement forecast by using the print screen function on their computer keyboard The user may need to resize the screen view so that all results and information are visible Users with Microsoft Windows operating systems can also use the Snipping Tool program in the Accessories program list to take screen shots Alternatively users can export the results to a CSV file and fo
24. ainfall zone e Ineligible vegetation types in the project area are set to zero not to 255 256 or any other value prior to conversion e he vegetation fuel type data is clipped to the project boundary e he vegetation fuel type data is clipped to the rainfall map s Note SavBAT 2 1 has buffered the rainfall region boundaries by one pixel 250 m to allow for the raster representation of vector mapping however if a pixel extends over the buffered rainfall zone boundary it will be rejected by SavBAT 2 1 It is therefore worthwhile zooming in to the project boundary overlaying the buffered rainfall zone boundaries and checking the mapping extent Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 30 7 Convert the feature dataset to a raster using the Feature to Raster tool A Feature to Revter Po 0 gt ilies 2 8 P oe lcm bout festres Feature to Raster Converts features to a raster dataset ered En 1 iba _ Output raster uitput on sine aptenw a Field must be the new integer field e g SavBAT2 1_ Fuel_ Type b Output Raster specify the file extension tif and include this extension in the file name c Cell size is 250 0 e SavBAT 2 1 requires a 250 m resolution Grid size can be changed using the Resample tool under Raster Processing e Note adding the 0 to 250 i e 250 0 helps m
25. at where xxx is replaced with the image type SavBAT 2 1 determined Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 More help is available in Appendix A The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not in the required format Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 More help is available in Appendix A page 27 The uploaded GeoTIFF or project boundary file may be in the supported format projection and or structure however when SavBAT 2 1 tries to set the GIS dataset metadata which defines its projection an unspecified error occurs in SavBAT 2 1 This is unlikely to occur try the process again and if the problem persists refer to the Contact Us section of this manual page 27 The upload of the GeoTIFF or project boundary file fails for unknown reason s Check the map file to ensure it conforms to spatial data requirements and for project boundary files that the file does not contain duplicate polygons The uploaded project boundary ZIP file folder contains the SHP SHX and DBF files but no PRJ file Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Project boundary file page 22 The uploaded project boundary ZIP file is not in the supported format projection and structure Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Project bou
26. atural variability on any target s a project may choose to set To explore the baseline fire characteristics the user would i Run a SavBAT 2 1 offsets report for the project where the baseline years match those of interest li Use the CSV outputs from the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report a for each year of the project calculate the average area burnt for all vegetation fuels types in EDS and LDS from Table 11 such as in the hypothetical example below b examine the annual variability in these user calculated values Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 24 4 4 2 Analyse the hypothetical abatement forecast result Using the knowledge about the baseline trace the average LDS burnt yellow arrow to where it meets the average EDS burnt blue arrow Users make their own extrapolations regarding abatement for areas burnt between the 10 increments 02 Cor Map_ 4 Sot Poses 5 Project Dotato Y 6 Rasus Abatement Estimation produced on 30 10 2014 09 50 49 using base vegetation map clipped by project boundary rainfall both gda94 zip Display v Tonnes of CO2 e Gross Value epe gt Export to CSV Vegetation Fuel Type by Area Ha for Project Region of project area burnt in Early Dry Season Rainfall Vegetation Area Ha Z cl 0 10 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 FE E c High hOFM 200 00 0 26 126 87 2226429 14 539 13 10 676 55 6813 97 2 951 39 911 19 4 77
27. ble so probability based inputs are not required or used Geospatial Uses the YSLB data for the previous year and overlays this data with e vegetation fuels type map and e seasonality map for the reporting year For example for 2013 the calculation must use the 2012 YSLB data This is because fuel load in the area burnt in 2013 is a product of previous year s fire activity not the current year The area burnt in 2013 data is used to compile the YSLB data for 2013 and this data is then be used for 2014 calculations Probability Geospatial data is available to populate this table so probability based inputs are not required or used Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Calculation type and the use of data derived using geospatial or probability SavBAT 2 1 offsets report for reporting Hypothetical abatement estimate for Geospatial Geospatial data is not available to populate this table so probability based inputs are used Probability Does not use historical fire map data Instead the percentage burnt each fire season is equally applied across each vegetation fuel type in the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 For example if a project has two vegetation fuel types A 200 ha and B 450 ha then for the cell in the estimation table with 1096 burnt EDS and 20 burnt LDS we would assume for the EDS 20 ha of A was burnt and 45 ha of B and for the LDS 40 ha of A and 90 ha of B Geospatial uses the most recent year of Y
28. d vegetation data to the user highlighting errors such as invalid pixel values i e invalid vegetation fuel types or pixels extending beyond their valid rainfall zone It also allows the user to confirm that the numerical indexing within the input layer matches the SavBAT 2 1 specifications e g the pixels that should be attributed as 2 are not attributed as 4 A user who imports a vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF or uploads a project boundary file that conforms to the supported format will be presented with a non editable image of the vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF The image will have pan and zoom functionality and display the following opatial data file name All the eligible vegetation fuel type pixels in the spatial data and colour codes for these pixels with a colour that is unique to each eligible vegetation type the user can turn the vegetation fuel type layer on and off to assist with error diagnosis This layer is named the Vegetation raster Key to the codes on the page Grid North and a scale Pixels colour coded as red where vegetation pixels are attributed incorrectly or where a vegetation pixel is attributed as an eligible vegetation fuel type but falls partly or wholly outside of the relevant rainfall zone When the cursor is positioned over any pixel and the left mouse button clicked the attribution data for that pixel will be shown allowing the user to diagnose vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF errors and confirm that the attribu
29. e administration of the SavBAT 2 1 from time to time Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 2 Contents LIS CI CN I T Hem 2 ADOUE SAV BAN 5 UMEN CF SUD DOW D UU TU TT 6 1 2 Step by step use of SavBAT 2 1 6 1 2 1 Flowchart of steps for using SavBAT 2 1 erse A 7 1 3 SavBAT 2 1 errors and problem 0 9 7 2 SavBAT 2 1 olfSels TGDOFT t E ERR OE NR bee 8 2 Before you start Data required from the user 9 2 1 1 ja rc Mrz B Bc TRE NOT Pele 9 2 1 2 Project ib and Project INaITIG us eo ore EE to eate EE RA to Ee ee Eee RA To Ee qu Eat 11 REDONO Yea aderat taco du oed p 11 2 1 4 Baseline Peltlod arae PER Eras EEX a Shand ded enna Sean ERI Shan 11 Alo Uncertainty BUNCE sire uasa to a c emn uu 12 2 139 FOSSIL Fel EImISSIOlS susciter esie E dena eura are ra a R AR 12 2 1 7 Global Warming Potential Values cccccccsscccseeeseeeeseeeseeeseeeeseesaeeeseeeeees 12 2 2 Gelling stated Using SavBAT 2 Tdi eerta rota indc 13 2 2 1 SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionality 14 2 3 Results SavBA
30. e Format 8 bit palette GeoTIFF Georeferencing information Embedded in GeoTIFF tags Image File Extension or TIFF Projection 1994 Albers EPSG 3577 Upload Format Single TIF file no ancillary files required or allowed Grid Size Resolution 250 m x 250 m Pixel values high rainfall zone Pixels must have the following values depicting the relevant vegetation fuel type 0 Pixel is within the project area but contains an ineligible vegetation fuel type 1 hOFM Open Forest Mixed 2 hWMi Woodland Mixed 3 hWHu Woodland Hummock 4 hSHH Shrubland Hummock 255 NODATA i e pixel is outside the project area Pixel values low rainfall zone Pixels must have the following values depicting the relevant vegetation fuel type 0 Pixel is within the project area but contains an ineligible vegetation fuel type 11 IWHu Woodland with Hummock grass 12 IWMi Woodland with Mixed grass 13 IWTu Woodland with Tussock grass 14 IOWM Open Woodland with Mixed grass 15 ISHH Shrubland Heath with Hummock grass 255 NODATA i e pixel is outside the project area Appendix A describes the ESRI ArcGIS procedures for producing vegetation fuel type data in the format required for SavBAT 2 1 As described earlier a project may span the two rainfall zones in which case each section of the user s vegetation raster must only have the correct pixel values for that rainfall zone Data showing the boundary of each zone
31. e calculation along with their associated metadata These datasets are available for free download pre prepared and zipped from the NAFI website www firenorth org au More Tools SavBAT data Download SavBAT Data Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 8 2 1 Before you start Data required from the user A savanna fire management project may be declared with one or more project areas Division of the project may occur due to aggregation transitioning partial reporting and or separating manual calculations for low and high rainfall zones or for business objectives or other purposes The method describes the calculations in terms of each project area so a project with more than one project area will have to undertake calculations separately for each area SavBAT 2 1 can perform calculations on a project area that includes land within the high rainfall zone and land within the low rainfall zone from a single map However SavBAT 2 1 cannot calculate a project area that has parts with different end years for the baseline period Where this occurs the user must externally from SavBAT 2 1 separate the project area into two or more areas so that each area has only one end year The user then uploads and processes each vegetation fuel type dataset along with the associated fuel use separately Running SavBAT 2 1 multiple times for a single project area once for each area dataset will give users multiple reports wh
32. e in the SavBAT2 1_ Fuel_ Type field e Pixel Depth 8 Bit o if the pixel depth is incorrect then the user has either used the wrong field in the feature to raster conversion or has calculated a wrong value in the SavBAT2 1_ Fuel_ Type field If any of the above are incorrect delete the file make the change s suggested above and recreate the raster layer 10 There are two methods to create the final raster if one method doesn t work then try the other a Use Copy Raster tool e Data management tools gt Raster gt Raster Dataset gt Copy Raster e add extension e define no data 255 e Pixel type 8 bit unsigned Right click on the raster Data gt Export Data e Cell Size 250 and 250 e NoData as 255 e Format TIFF The user can use LZW compression if they wish Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 32 23 Layers g D Projects Carbon_FishRiver gt LI co E Copy wt E 2 X Remove A W E3 Open Attribute Table b Joins and Relates gt 1 Zoom To Layer 4 I WB Zoom To Raster Resolution Loa d Spatial Reference Visible Scale Range Edit Features 4 Export Data Export raster data from this layer juare Cell Size cx cy 250 250 to the format of your choice You can also choose other settings such as the extent of data the spatial reference and cell size C
33. elevant calculations until the vegetation rainfall zone Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file pixels are attributed correctly or to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type all eligible vegetation pixels are GeoTIFF page 10 and upload it again located wholly within the relevant rainfall zone This must be completed by modifying the Veg GeoTIFF externally to SavBAT Upload map Error Message Dataset is The uploaded GeoTIFF or boundary file is correctly completely outside the rainfall attributed but entirely out of the rainfall regions region Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 or Project boundary file page 22 Upload map Error Message Projection must The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not in the supported be lt gt projection where xxx would be replaced by words within this list EPSG 3577 GDA 94 Albers Externally to SavBAT2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 Upload map Error Message Grid size m The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not set to the required must be 250 x 250 grid size Externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type Upload map Error Message 7he uploaded The uploaded GeoTIFF or boundary file is not in the file is not valid please try again
34. ement estimate to view online or download SavBAT 2 1 does not require any user login Users visit the website anonymously entering and uploading their data and receiving their output No data is held by the website As SavBAT 2 1 does not persistently store any of the user s data if the user leaves the web site or loses internet connectivity they lose any data they have entered or uploaded and must start the process again Users are responsible for their own document and records management The generation of offsets reports is the primary purpose of SavBAT 2 1 and is detailed in section 2 Information on the generation of a hypothetical abatement forecast is in Section 4 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 6 1 2 1 Flowchart of steps for using SavBAT 2 1 Agree to the SavBAT 2 1 Terms and Conditions Upload Vegetation Map Two options Option 1 Option 2 Upload user created GeoTIFF Upload user created project boundary file Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF Project boundary file Confirm Map SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionalit g Select Process Two options Option 1 Option 2 Offsets Report Hypothetical Abatement Forecast Project Details Project Details Section 2 SavBAT 2 1 Offsets Report Section 4 Hypothetical Abatement Forecast Input user defined values Input user defined values e Project ID e Baseline Period e Project Name e Global Warming Potential Values e Reporting Year e Base
35. en the user must externally from SavBAT 2 1 separate the project area into two or more vegetation fuel type datasets along with the associated fuel use from the area contained within each dataset With projects or project parts that are not transitioning the method requires that the baseline must finish in the year prior to project commencement Thus not all available baseline years in SavBAT 2 1 will be consistent with the requirements of the method It is the user s responsibility to select the appropriate baseline The last year of the baseline period must be the same across all files and zones for spatial data uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 11 2 1 5 Uncertainty Buffer This field is required If this is the first reporting year users must enter zero 0 for the project area under the method e g a new project or an existing CFI project transitioning to the ERF method If this is not the first reporting year for the project area under this method users must enter the uncertainty buffer figure from the previous year s reporting i e from a SavBAT 2 1 Offsets Report or from manual uncertainty buffer calculations made from a SavBAT 2 0 Offsets Report 2 1 6 Fossil Fuel Emissions Fossil fuel use may have zero one or more rows with a row for each fuel type used in undertaking the project during the reporting period The relevant legislation is the National Greenhouse and Energy
36. etype 1 2 3 a 5 5 Unknown 20 000 30 000 20 000 10 000 10 000 10 000 1 000 2 000 3 000 500 500 EX 10 000 Table area burnt in each season for a hypothetical cell the abatement estimate Used for abatement estimate EDS 10 LDS 20 Table iii area burnt assigned to each season for a hypothetical cell in the abatement Used tor abatement estimate Vegetation vwe _ nd maEEMMEEREEE E 1 000 2 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 1 000 100 200 300 50 50 1 000 4 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 2 000 2 000 200 400 600 100 100 600 Table iv Area burnt by YSLB Table 14 from SavBAT 2 report Used for abatement estimate Vegetation mE pl ae 1 200 1 800 1 200 600 600 600 500 1 000 1 500 250 250 2 400 3 600 2 400 1 200 1 200 LDS hOFM 1 000 2 000 3 000 500 500 3 000 Total Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 21 4 2 Data for a hypothetical abatement forecast Hypothetical abatement forecasts use much of the same functionality as offsets reports An overview of the processes is given in Section 1 2 page 6 The common functionality for both processes is described in Section 2 2 page 13 some data required to use SavBAT 2 1 is common to both the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report and the hypothetical abatement forecast and some data is unique to each function The data common to both the SavBAT 2 1 offsets report and hypothetical abatement forecas
37. g The method allows project proponents to undertake some required geospatial and other calculations either manually or by using SavBAT 2 1 Use of SavBAT 2 1 simplifies the reporting and record keeping requirements but it is not mandatory Information on auditing is available on the Clean Energy Regulator website www cleanenergyregulator gov au The auditor may wish to confirm the authenticity of SavBAT 2 1 and the calculations submitted by a project as described in the following section 3 1 SavBAT 2 1 testing and auditing The Department of the Environment has undertaken quality assurance testing of SavBAT 2 1 and found it is a true and correct translation of the method To support auditing of the web site and its calculations a single MD5 checksum value e g 176DADE867B804D645FF979EA01F2F0D4 will be computed for the two key files used to compute the emissions outputs the uploaded raster vegetation fuel type dataset and SavBAT 2 1 code that calculates the emissions and all interim values This will be done as follows 1 Each time the process is run by a user an MD5 checksum value will be computed for SavBAT 2 1 code and a separate MD5 checksum will be computed for the user s vegetation fuel type dataset as uploaded 2 These two hexadecimal values will be added to produce the final hexadecimal checksum value 3 The checksum value will be included in the output reports This allows an audit of the output to be undertaken
38. gible vegetation fuel type 1 hOFM Open Forest Mixed laye rs 2 hWMi Woodland Mixed 3 hWHu Woodland Hummock 4 hSHH Shrubland Hummock tt wu Woodland with Hummock grass 12 IWMi Woodland with Mixed grass 13 IWTu Woodland with Tussock grass 14 IOWM Open Woodland with Mixed grass 15 SHH Shrubland Heath with Hummock grass Pixel value 1 Invalid Pixels Pixel Value 1 b 500 4 Lat 15 59 40 S Long 133 50 53 E Albers Easting 202070 Albers Northing 1484154 Lesflet lt Back Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 15 Where there are many invalid pixels it may assist diagnosis to turn off the invalid vegetation pixel layer as below ee Ee 3 Confirm Map 4 Select Process 5 Project Details 6 Results Vegetation Map e Base Layer Vegtype nodata255 8 tif invalid pixel map layer turned off to assist in diagnosis Vegetation Raster Legend Invalid Vegetation Pixels 9 beige vequisdion foul f hOFM Open Forest Mixed High rainfall zone 2 hWMi Woodland Mixed Low rainfall zone 3 hWHu Woodland Hummock gt gt hSHH Shrubland Hummock High rainfall zone 250m buffer _ WHu Woodland with Hummock grass A amp 64 E Low rainfall zone 250m buffer 2 IWMi Woodland with Mixed grass 3 IWTu Woodland with Tussock grass 14 IOWM Open Woodland with Mi
39. ich will need to be manually combined by the project proponent in any offsets reports submitted to the Clean Energy Regulator 2 1 1 Spatial Data The project or potential project spatial data for input in SavBAT 2 1 can be one of the following two options Option A User created raster format vegetation fuel type map To submit an offsets report to the Clean Energy Regulator this map must be validated in accordance with the method This single dataset is termed the vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF SavBAT 2 1 does not assess whether the uploaded vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF has been validated in accordance with the method Map validation occurs independently of SavBAT 2 1 Option B A project boundary file SavBAT 2 1 creates a vegetation fuel type dataset from the vegetation fuel type base map This vegetation fuel type base map covers the entirety of the high and low rainfall zones is not certified as meeting the requirements of the method and cannot be submitted in an offsets report to the Clean Energy Regulator Use of the base map is only for hypothetical abatement forecasts see page 19 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 9 2 1 1 1 Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF Users that opt for a vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF must externally from SavBAT 2 1 prepare a raster format vegetation fuel type map in a supported file format projection and with correct data attribution as defined in the table below Imag
40. inimise problems that may occur during this conversion process e Ifthe user is having a problem with the pixel size they may find it helpful to install the open source GDAL utility program The user can use the GDALINFO command to check and correct rasters 8 After the Feature to Raster conversion process is complete add the raster layer to the data frame if it is not set to do so automatically 9 Double click on the raster dataset Under Properties symbology classify as Unique Values a If asked do you want to create unique values gt yes b Check the raster values are the correct integer values i e 0 1 2 15 only In the Raster Information the NoData Value will most likely be blank it doesn t matter if it is or not The user will have to undertake a further conversion of the file to make the NoData values 255 see step 9 c Check the Raster Information Properties gt Source gt Raster Information e Number of bands 1 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 31 e Cellsize x y 250 250 olf incorrect the user used a default value or typed in the wrong value in the feature to raster conversion e Format TIFF o if incorrect the user forgot to put tif on the end of the output file name e Pixel Type unsigned integer o if the pixel Type is incorrect then the user has either used the wrong field in the feature to raster conversion or has calculated a wrong valu
41. is available from the Department s website and this data is formatted for GIS software The user must direct SavBAT 2 1 to where the desired dataset is stored on their personal device using the Select File button Upload of data stored from the internet e g cloud storage is not supported Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 10 Notes on vegetation fuel type GeoTIFFs 1 The method s Explanatory Statement see Division 2 within provides guidance on creating a vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF 2 GeoTIFF files that upload successfully to SavBAT 1 and SavBAT 2 i e existing high rainfall zone savanna projects can also be uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 e Use SavBAT 2 1 if the project is registered under the Carbon Credits Emissions Abatement through Savanna Fire Management Methodology Determination 2015 e Use SavBAT 1 if the project is registered under the Carbon Farming Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Early Dry Season Savanna Burning 1 1 Methodology Determination 2013 2 1 2 Project ID and Project Name Both of these fields require input The Project ID will be validated by SavBAT 2 1 as one or more numerical characters with no spaces The Project Name field accepts alphabetical and numerical characters and there are no restrictions on the number of characters or spaces 2 1 3 Reporting Year This field requires input It is the user s responsibility to select the appropriate reporti
42. latform Freeware and other GIS software will also work provided the user has an understanding of the software functionality and tools The examples below use both ArcGIS Explorer and ArcMap to work through the viewing and verification process The verification process can be used for example to check for correct vegetation fuel type attribution across the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 and more generally to confirm that the vegetation fuel type layer has been created correctly for use in SavBAT 2 1 1 In ArcGIS Explorer display the vegetation fuel type layer by using the Add Content gt Raster Data options Find the vegetation fuel type layer in the directory box that appears and select and open The visual representation of the layer will appear in the data frame on the right and the contents panel on the left will show the pixel values that correspond to the raster layer These pixel values reflect the vegetation type dependent on rainfall area as detailed in the first table of Appendix A Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 33 Hs Raster Layer ArcGIS Explorer My Default Map P gt Home Display Tools Appearance ij FA Sel 9n Directions X Target A Circle ogg gt Manage Layers Eda w E oem jen 4 58 7 Q9 9 2D 3D Zine A Rectangle amp Copy to Clipboard i Find Folder View Link Point i Text Basemap Layer Add Analysis Search Contents
43. line Period e Fuel Usage Details e Global Warming Potential Values 3 4 Results Results SavBAT 2 1 Offsets Report Hypothetical Abatement Forecast24 Zipped file containing e Displayed in a web page e Offsets report attachment e Price per tonne of COz e e Record keeping information e All data on the page is downloadable e Excel file containing tables in the as a Comma Separated Value CSV report but excluding the maps and their file i e Export to CSV button titles 1 3 SavBAT 2 1 errors and problem solving Appendix B describes all SavBAT 2 1 error messages and procedures for addressing the errors Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 7 2 SAVBAT 2 1 OFFSETS REPORT The zipped portable document format pdf reports produced by SavBAT 2 1 do not contain all of the content that project proponents are required to provide as part of their offsets submission to the Clean Energy Regulator or to keep as their records The exact content of the outputs is detailed in Results SavBAT 2 1 Offsets Report which also lists the additional data required to meet reporting and record keeping requirements SavBAT 2 1 A Verifies that the area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 is wholly contained within the high and low rainfall zones as required by the method g Calculates the years since last burnt YSLB values for each pixel in an area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 g Calculates the fire scar area A in the E
44. mmonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 34 APPENDIX SAVBAT ERRORS AND PROBLEM SOLVING There are three issue types in the below table these are Error Message SavBAT provides an error message to help the user resolve the issue Error SavBAT 2 1 function is not available because the user has not entered required data or entered invalid data e Information Message Not an error for information only Any Error Message Unable to This is due to a loss of internet connection check connect to server please check your networking connection networking settings the your internet connection cables to your modem etc Welcome Error agree and next button This could occur if the SavBAT 2 1 website does not not functioning load fully and correctly and could be caused by poor network connectivity It could also be caused by using an unsupported browser type or version see page 6 for information about supported browsers If you believe the problem may have been network related once your network is working correctly press the browser refresh button to try reloading the SavBAT 2 1 website Upload map Error Next button not No valid spatial file has been uploaded by the user functioning upload a valid spatial file Upload map Error Message Error SavBAT The uploaded GeoTIFF file is not attributed correctly or will not be able to complete some eligible vegetation pixels are outside the r
45. ndary file page 22 This will generally indicate that the uploaded GeoTIFF or map boundary files were not valid There are numerous possible reasons for this see error message on the Confirm Map page for reason For uploaded GeoTIFF pixels are attributed incorrectly where xxx would be the list of valid pixel values for the rainfall region s covered by the dataset e g O 1 2 3 4 255 These invalid pixels are colour coded in red on the Confirm Map page Use the SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionality to identify the invalid pixel and externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 Not an error information only SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 36 Information Message All pixels in the vegetation raster are valid The raster is entirely within the Confirm Map Confirm Map Confirm Map Confirm Map Select process High rainfall region Information Message All pixels in the vegetation raster are valid The raster is located in both rainfall regions Error Message lt xxx gt high rainfall vegetation pixels are incorrectly located outside the high rainfall region Error Message lt xxx gt low rainfall vegetation pixels are incorrectly located outside the low rainfall region Error Next button not functioning Error Calculate button not functioning Project details Project Details Error Message Unable to complete req
46. ng year in accordance with the method and any transitional project arrangements that may apply SavBAT 2 1 only allows valid combinations of reporting and baseline years 2 1 4 Baseline Period It is the user s responsibility to select the appropriate reporting year in accordance with the method and to consider any transitional project arrangements that may apply Baseline durations will change according to project location in high rainfall and or low rainfall zones he baseline period is 10 years in the high rainfall zone and 15 years in the low rainfall zone Periods must be in whole calendar years corresponding to the requirements of the method and the fire maps provided by NAFI The user must nominate the years for the baseline period SavBAT 2 1 identifies whether the user s uploaded spatial data occupies the high and or low rainfall zones and presents appropriate baseline periods in the drop down option on the Project Details page Where the uploaded spatial data for the project covers both rainfall zones the baselines for the two zones will end in a synchronised way so that the high rainfall zone baseline years will be the last 10 year period of the 15 year baseline for the low rainfall zone e g for a baseline option of 1996 2010 the high rainfall zone baseline years will be 2001 2010 and the low rainfall zone baseline years will be 1996 2010 If the project has two or more areas where the last year of the baseline period differ th
47. one boundary s For the production of a SavBAT 2 1 offsets report attachment to be submitted to the Clean Energy Regulator as part of the projects offsets report the vegetation fuel type map has been created and validated according to the method ESRI ArcGIS Desktop is being used as the GIS application As part of ArcGIS Desktop ArcMap is used for data manipulation whereas ArcGIS Explorer can be used for viewing vegetation fuel type layers Users can employ other GIS applications if they wish however the steps below will not apply Freeware GIS applications include QGIS http www qgis org en site and MapW indow http www mapwindow org these can also be used to view vegetation fuel type layers Some data manipulation in GIS freeware is available however this usually requires the user to download relevant add ons Steps Open a new ArcGIS for Desktop session using the ArcMap program Do not have any layers open added Open Data Frame Properties see image below and ensure the data frame is in a GDA 1994 Albers ESPG 3577 projection as defined in the table below Data Frame Properties Feature Cache Group Frame E Type here to search xi Ey C9 AGD 1984 AMG Zone 56 C9 AGD 1984 AMG Zone 57 AGD 1984 AMG Zone 58 GDA 1994 Australia Albers C9 GDA 1994 BCSG02 e GDA 1994 Geoscience Australia Lambert GDA 1994 MGA Zone 48 GDA 1994 MGA Zone 49 ET n 1004
48. re information please contact the Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research by emailing either Peter Jacklyn cdu edu au or Andrew Edwards cdu edu au To contact the Australian Government for any reason regarding SavBAT 2 1 please contact the Department of the Environment by emailing emissions reduction environment gov au or calling 1800 852 974 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Version 1 0 of the Carbon Farming Initiative CFI Savanna Burning Abatement Tool SavBAT was funded through a grant to Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information and Bushfires NT under the Research and Development Stream of the Indigenous Carbon Farming Fund This Fund aimed to encourage Indigenous participation in the CFI by supporting the development and accelerating the uptake of CFI methodologies for abatement activities likely to have high Indigenous participation SavBAT 2 1 builds on the success of SavBAT Development and hosting of SavBAT 2 1 is funded by the Department of the Environment and made possible by the following organisations e he North Australian Fire Information service NAFI allows SavBAT 2 1 to access necessary map data e The Indigenous Land Corporation and Latitude Forest Services assisted with the design and development of the procedure for preparing project data on vegetation fuel types for input to SavBAT 2 1 Attachment A e Darwin Centre for Bushfire Research DCBR at Charles Darwin University contributed to the development and te
49. rmat the output to their own requirements 4 3 2 Export to CSV functionality In addition to the screen display of this data the Export to CSV button can be used to download a comma separated values csv file containing the data displayed on the page at the time the button is pressed i e either estimated emissions in tonnes of CO e or dollars The CSV output does not contain any formulae or functionality Saving both the tonnes of and gross value requires exporting twice If the user wishes to explore the effect of different prices for the same hypothetical abatement forecast then the gross value results can be exported multiple times for the same abatement calculation 4 4 Results Hypothetical abatement forecast Interpreting the results from a hypothetical abatement forecast involves 1 Understanding the baseline fire characteristics 2 Analysing the hypothetical abatement forecast result 3 Assessing the projects target fire regime 4 4 1 Understanding the baseline fire characteristics Determine the project s fire characteristics in the baseline primarily percentage area burnt in EDS and LDS By developing an understanding of these characteristics and applying their knowledge of the project area the user can begin to understand not only what the average characteristics are but also how variable fire has been during the baseline This knowledge could then be drawn upon when considering the risks imposed by n
50. s on average equal to the area of land omitted where the activity is permitted and carried out This means that on average the area of land considered will closely conform to the unbuffered rainfall boundary Where the two rainfall zones meet there is a 500 m zone where pixels may be legitimately attributed as high or low rainfall vegetation fuels types Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 14 3 Confirm Map 4 Select Process 5 Project Details 6 Results Vegetation Map Vegtype nodata255 8 tif Legend invalid pixels shown in red 0 Ineligible vegetation fuel type 1 hOFM Open Forest Mixed 2 hWMi Woodland Mixed 3 hWHu Woodland Hummock 4 hSHH Shrubland Hummock 11 Woodland with Hummock grass ES o ww Woodland with Mixed grass 13 IWTu Woodland with Tussock grass 14 IOWM Open Woodland with Mixed grass 15 SHH Shrubland Heath with Hummock grass Invalid Pixels Pixel Value 1 Vu rainfall zone buffers value of 2 n d d 500 m A Lat 15 59 14 S Long 133 52 07 E Albers Easting 204301 Albers Northing 1484961 Leaflet Se ected pixel lt Back Next gt next button disabled because of invalid pixels 1 Welcome 2 Upload Map 3 Confirm Map 4 Select Process 5 Project Details 6 Results Vegetation Map rm Vegtype nodata255 8 tif i Legend double click with cursor to see pixel value above pixel 0 Ineli
51. st result 25 4 4 3 Assess the projects target fire regime 25 5 GONA TM er et a ea ee ee 26 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 3 6 EU T t 26 Appendix A Procedure for generating project vegetation fuel type data for input to SavBAT 2 1 from validated project vegetation fuel type 27 Appendix B SavBAT errors and probleMm SOIVingd ccccccsececeeeeaeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeseeesaeeess 35 Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 4 1 ABOUT SAVBAT 2 1 SavBAT 2 1 automates geospatial and other calculations required to estimate greenhouse gas abatement for a project in accordance with the Carbon Credits Carbon Farming Initiative Emissions Abatement through Savanna Fire Management Methodology Determination 2015 the method The Department of the Environment and a team of independent assessors quality assured SavBAT 2 1 and found it to be a true and correct translation of the method SavBAT 2 1 builds on previous versions of SavBAT allowing users to e diagnose issues with user created vegetation fuel type maps e upload a project boundary and create a project vegetation fuel type dataset from a Government supplied vegetation fuel type base map and e estimate abatement potential for
52. sting of SavBAT 2 1 and this manual e Auricht projects Charles Darwin University and Darwin Herbarium created the base map of vegetation fuel types e he Clean Energy Regulator for advice on auditing e Spatial Vision designed and developed the web tool Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 26 APPENDIX A PROCEDURE FOR GENERATING PROJECT VEGETATION FUEL TYPE DATA FOR INPUT TO SAVBAT 2 1 FROM VALIDATED PROJECT VEGETATION FUEL TYPE MAPPING This appendix describes how to produce project vegetation fuel type data in the required format for input to SavBAT 2 1 All other formats will be rejected by SavBAT 2 1 The definition of the required format is as follows Image Format 8 bit palette GeoTIFF Georeferencing information Embedded in GeoTIFF tags Image File Extension or TIFF Projection GDA_1994 Albers EPSG 3577 Upload Format Single TIF file no ancillary files required or allowed Grid Size Resolution 250 m x 250 m Pixel values high rainfall zone Pixels must have the following values depicting the relevant vegetation fuel type 0 Pixel is within the project area but contains an ineligible vegetation fuel type 1 hOFM Open Forest Mixed 2 hWMi Woodland Mixed 3 hWHu Woodland Hummock 4 hSHH Shrubland Hummock 255 NODATA i e pixel is outside the project area Pixel values low rainfall zone Pixels must have the following values depicting the relevant vegetation fuel type
53. tion for non error pixels is correct The latitude and longitude Albers easting and northing of the cursor position on the map A location map MiniMap showing the relative position of the screen area to the coastline and the rainfall boundaries The user can hide or unhide the MiniMap A line of the coastline this is named the Base Layer and both rainfall boundaries including buffered boundaries The user can turn the rainfall boundaries on and off to assist with error diagnosis but cannot do this for the Base Layer o Note each rainfall zone has a buffer of one pixel 250 m This buffer accounts for the fact that when clipping the correctly geo referenced vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF with the polygon rainfall boundary border pixels are likely to still overlap the polygon by up to one pixel width depending on the software employed by the user and the options selected to do the clip What may not be obvious with raster datasets is that they are never treated as a grid of square polygons but are always processed as a grid of points Depending on the GIS software being used the points are effectively assumed to be at the centre or at one of the corners of the pixel square that users see his is one of the reasons that such processes will never be precisely reproducible between platforms Due to the nature of polygons the use of this buffer does not bias the estimate because the area of additional land beyond the boundary that is included i
54. ts The reports and files produced by SavBAT 2 1 do not contain all of the content that project proponents need to provide as part of their offsets report submission to the Clean Energy Commonwealth of Australia 2015 SavBAT 2 1 User Manual Page 16 Regulator or keep as their records The SavBAT 2 1 Offsets Report attachment contains the necessary maps and calculation result for net annual abatement and the project proponent will need to manually create their offsets report 2 3 1 Record keeping Information included in Excel file The report tables are also provided in an Excel format file based on the Project Record Keeping report since it contains the superset of tables including all tables in that report but excluding the maps and their titles The tables are presented on separate spreadsheet pages for each year of the baseline the reporting year and the abatement results The file does not include any formulae 3 AUDITING OF A SAVBAT 2 1 OFFSETS REPORT Audit reports prepared by a registered category two or three greenhouse and energy auditor provide reasonable assurance that the user s project complies with the Eligible Offsets Project declaration method and relevant legislative requirements for the reporting period Information assessed by an auditor can include the location and area of the project evidence to support legal right to undertake the project monitoring data the details of abatement calculations and record keepin
55. ts are e spatial data see Section 2 1 1 page 9 e Global Warming Potentials for methane and nitrous oxide see Section 2 1 7 page 12 and e baseline periods see Section 2 1 4 page Error Bookmark not defined 1 Data that is unique to the hypothetical abatement forecast is the users estimated price per tonne of COz e The use of this functionality is optional 4 2 1 Project boundary file Users choosing to use a project boundary file must externally from SavBAT 2 1 prepare a project boundary file in a supported format projection and structure as defined in the table below Three options e zipped shapefile ZIP containing at least SHP DBF SHX and PRJ files e KML e KMZ Projection e shapefile in GDA94 Geographics or GDA_1994 Albers e KML KMZ only support WGS84 Geographics Allowed Features Must contain one or more polygons each of which may be multi part polygons No attributes required or used but these may be present The user must direct SavBAT 2 1 to where the desired dataset is stored on their personal device using the Select File button Upload of data stored from the internet is not supported 4 3 Creating a hypothetical abatement forecast Once the user has progressed to the project details page and entered all required data the Calculate button will become active The output from the hypothetical abatement forecast calculation is an onscreen display of estimated emissions reductions in both
56. uest possibly caused by intermediate proxy server timeout Project Details Error Message Unexpected Error INTERNAL SERVER ERROR Commonwealth of Australia 2015 Not an error information only Not an error information only For uploaded GeoTIFF pixels are attributed correctly but one or more pixels attributed as uniquely high rainfall i e 1 2 3 4 are located outside of the high rainfall zone where xxx is replaced by the number of pixels in error These misplaced pixels are colour coded in red on the Confirm Map page Use the SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionality to identify the invalid pixel and externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 For uploaded GeoTIFF pixels are attributed correctly but one or more pixels attributed as uniquely low rainfall i e 11 12 13 14 15 are located outside of the high rainfall zone where xxx is replaced by the number of pixels in error These misplaced pixels are colour coded in red on the Confirm Map page Use the SavBAT 2 1 mapping functionality to identify the invalid pixel and externally to SavBAT 2 1 modify the file to comply with the requirements in Vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF page 10 This is because you have not selected the desired Output type Offset report or Hypothetical abatement forecast All required fields have not been populated or have been populated incorrectly
57. xed grass Pixel value 1 15 SHH Shrubland Heath with Hummock grass Invalid Pixels screen extent shown on MiniMap Lat 14 00 42 S Long 133 52 55 E Albers Easting 205795 Albers Northing 1482306 Leaflet Pixel Value 1 lt Back Next gt The user will be prompted to confirm that the vegetation fuel type map is correct by pressing the Next button before proceeding if the following criteria are met e all vegetation fuel type pixels are attributed correctly for vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF upload only e all eligible vegetation fuel type pixels are located wholly within the relevant rainfall zone for vegetation fuel type GeoTIFF upload only If these criteria are not met then SavBAT 2 1 will not be able to complete calculations until spatial data is correctly attributed and the Next button will be disabled 2 3 Results SavBAT 2 1 offsets report For the offsets report option SavBAT 2 1 produces two separate PDF reports and an Excel file which are zipped in a folder for download by the user The three file outputs are e Offsets report attachment Attachment1_Calculations_And_Maps_For_Project_Offset_Report paf e Record keeping information Calculations_And_Maps_For_Project_Record_Keeping padf e Excel file Calculations And Maps For Project Hecord Keeping xlsx Note that where an area uploaded into SavBAT 2 1 spans low and high rainfall zones the results will be integrated within these repor
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