A semi-empirical model of methane emission from flooded rice paddy soils

Global Change Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-268

  Huang, Yao ^a   Sass, Ronald L ^a   Fisher Jr , Frank M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CH4 emission; Flooded rice soils; Global warming; Model; Rice plant control

Indexed keywords

EMISSION ESTIMATION; METHANE EMISSION; MODEL; RICE PADDY;

EID: 0031859626     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1998.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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