Global methane emissions from landfills: New methodology and annual estimates 1980-1996

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Bogner, J ^a,b   Matthews, E ^c  

^a Landfills + Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill; Landfill gas; Methane emissions; Methanogenesis; Methanotrophy

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDFILL; METHANE;

EID: 0042471505     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001913     Document Type: Article

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