CO2 emissions from a tropical hydroelectric reservoir (Balbina, Brazil)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kemenes, Alexandre ^a,b   Forsberg, Bruce R ^a   Melack, John M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BATHYMETRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAM; DEGASSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHANE; RESERVOIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TURBINE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BALBINA RESERVOIR; BRAZIL;

EID: 79960898297     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001465     Document Type: Article

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