Correlation of methane emissions with cattle population in Argentine Pampas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2780-2786

  Huarte, A ^a   Cifuentes, V ^a,b   Gratton, R ^a,c   Clausse, A ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine cattle livestock; Methane inventory; Satellite cartography; Spatial analysis; Top down methodology

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARGENTINE CATTLE LIVESTOCK; ATMOSPHERIC METHANES; BUENOS AIRES; EMISSION RATES; LARGE SCALE SOURCE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE EMISSIONS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TOPDOWN; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; MAPPING; MAPS; METHANATION; METHANE; SATELLITES;

AGRICULTURE;

METHANE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARTOGRAPHY; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

ACCUMULATION SWEEPING MODEL; ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDITY; WEATHER;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; PAMPAS;

BOS;

EID: 77953808265     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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