Agricultural soil greenhouse gas emissions: A review of national inventory methods

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1413-1427

  Lokupitiya, Erandathie ^a   Paustian, Keith ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; NATIONAL INVENTORY METHODS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOILS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAS ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVENTORY CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL;

EID: 33746450887     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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