Methane emission from the rice fields of West Bengal over a decade

Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-263

  Purkait, N N ^a   Sengupta, M K ^a   De, Sanghamitra ^a   Chakrabarty, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Vidya Nagar Society 29/251   (India)

Author keywords

Methane emission; Rice paddy field; West Bengal State

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053587015     PISSN: 03678393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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