8.2.3. BCUSE: Biogenic county land use

The BCUSE file is the BEIS2-format ASCII biogenic county land use file input to the Rawbio program. This file is list-directed and its format is given in Table 8.32, “Format for BCUSE.

Table 8.32. Format for BCUSE

Line Position Description
1 A Country/state/county code (Integer)
2 A Rural forest land area (Real)
  B Rural forest number of subtypes (Integer)
For each rural forest subtype: (These subtypes must match the emission factors in BFAC)
3+ A Name of land use subtype as per BEIS2 documentation
  B Area within the county devoted to this land use subtype
Repeat lines 2 and 3+ for each of the other land use types: urban forest, agriculture, and “other”.