Seasonal greenhouse gas emissions (methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide) from engineered landfills: Daily, intermediate, and final California cover soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1010-1020

  Bogner, Jean E ^a,b   Spokas, Kurt A ^c   Chanton, Jeffrey P ^d  

^a Landfills + Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CALIFORNIA; COVER MATERIALS; COVER SOIL; COVER THICKNESS; COVER TYPES; FOUR-ORDER; GAS EXTRACTIONS; GASEOUS FLUX; LANDFILL SITE; METHANOGENESIS; NEGATIVE FLUXES; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC WASTES; SEASONAL EMISSIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOIL SYSTEMS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SURFACE AREA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); FLUXES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; REFUSE COMPOSTING; SEWAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LANDFILL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALIFORNIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SOIL;

EID: 79956151603     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0407     Document Type: Article

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