Reduction of CO2 emission by optimally tracking a pre-defined target

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2536-2542

  Caetano, Marco Antonio Leonel ^a   Gherardi, Douglas Francisco Marcolino ^b   Ribeiro, Gustavo de Paula ^a   Yoneyama, Takashi ^c  

^a INSPER INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Control; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Mathematical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ABATEMENT; CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES; CLIMATE POLICY; DYNAMIC RELATION; EMISSION TARGETS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL SCALE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; POLICY MAKERS; SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; INVESTMENTS; REFORESTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVEGETATION; SIMULATORS; TARGETS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLEANER PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVESTMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; REFORESTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68949094073     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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