On evaluating accuracy of national methane inventories

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-240

  Subak, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emissions inventories; Kyoto Protocol; Methane; National communications; Verification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000609814     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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