Assessment of trace gases, carbon and nitrogen emissions from field burning of agricultural residues in India

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-157

  Sahai, Shivraj ^a   Sharma, C ^a   Singh, Santosh Kumar ^b   Gupta, Prabhat K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Carbon nitrogen loss; Crop residue; GHG; Inventory

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CROP RESIDUE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; INVENTORY; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79951578170     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-010-9384-2     Document Type: Article

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