Methane emissions in India: Sub-regional and sectoral trends

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 4922-4929

  Garg, Amit ^a   Kankal, Bhushan ^a   Shukla, P R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

India; Methane; Sectoral; Sub regional

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE SECTORS; EMISSION FACTORS; ENTERIC FERMENTATION; GHG EMISSION; INDIA; METHANE EMISSIONS; RICE PRODUCTION; ROADMAP; SECTORAL; SUB-REGIONAL;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ESTIMATION; FOSSIL FUELS; MANURES; METHANE; SOLID WASTES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

FOSSIL FUEL; METHANE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERMENTATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MANURE; METHANE; MITIGATION; RICE; SOLID WASTE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FERMENTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDIA; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA;

INDIA;

EID: 79960616052     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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