Uncertainty of forest carbon stock changes - Implications to the total uncertainty of GHG inventory of Finland

Climatic Change

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 391-413

  Monni, S ^a   Peltoniemi, M ^b,c   Palosuo, T ^c   Lehtonen, A ^b   Makipaa R ^b   Savolainen, I ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

FOREST CARBON; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION; LAND USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY (LULUCF);

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; EMISSION INVENTORY; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; FINLAND; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33847626036     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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