Regional landfills methane emission inventory in Malaysia

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 863-873

  Abushammala, Mohammed F M ^a   Ahmad Basri, Noor Ezlin ^a   Basri, Hassan ^a   El Shafie, Ahmed Hussein ^a   Kadhum, Abdul Amir H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

clean development mechanism (CDM); emission inventory; landfills; Malaysian landfills; Methane emission

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION INVENTORIES; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION VALUES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FIRST-ORDER; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LANDFILL GAS; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; METHANE EMISSION; METHANE EMISSIONS; NORTHERN REGIONS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND FILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DECOMPOSITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; LANDFILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUME; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; LANDFILL; MALAYSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MALAYSIA; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 80052377411     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10382064     Document Type: Article

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