National greenhouse gas inventories: Understanding uncertainties versus potential for improving reliability

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 7, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 443-450

  Winiwarter, W ^a,b  

^a AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gases; Inventory quality considerations; Kyoto protocol; Model uncertainty; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34547281927     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9117-3     Document Type: Article

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