Emissions of greenhouse gases and other airborne pollutants from charcoal making in Kenya and Brazil

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D20, 2001, Pages 24143-24155

  Pennise, David M ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^a,b   Kithinji, Jacob P ^c   Rezende, Maria Emilia ^d   Raad, Tulio Jardim ^e   Zhang, Junfeng ^f   Fan, Chengwei ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d Biocarbo Indust e Comercio Ltd   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035198459     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900761     Document Type: Article

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