Modelling the effects of climate change on methane emission from a northern ombrotrophic bog in Canada

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1197-1206

  Lai, Derrick Y F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Methane; Modelling; Peatland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC WARMING; CANADA; COMBINED EFFECT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LEAF AREA INDEX; METHANE EMISSIONS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODELLING; OMBROTROPHIC PEATLANDS; ONTARIO , CANADA; PEATLAND; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SIMULATION MODEL; TEMPERATURE RISE; TRANSMISSIVITY; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; FEEDBACK; METHANE; SIMULATORS; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; METHANE; MODEL VALIDATION; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TRANSMISSIVITY; WARMING; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; MER BLEUE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 70349880825     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1613-5     Document Type: Article

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