Uncertainties in greenhouse gas emission inventories - Evaluation, comparability and implications

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 107-116

  Rypdal, Kristin ^a   Winiwarter, Wilfried ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emissions; Greenhouse gases; Inventories; Trading; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000074892     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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