Gross CO2 and CH4 emissions from the Nam Ngum and Nam Leuk sub-tropical reservoirs in Lao PDR

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5382-5391

  Chanudet, Vincent ^a   Descloux, Stéphane ^a   Harby, Atle ^b   Sundt, Håkon ^b   Hansen, Bjørn Henrik ^c   Brakstad, Odd ^c   Serça, Dominique ^d   Guerin, Frédéric ^e,f,g  

^a Hydro Engineering Centre   (France)

^b SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

^d OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^f Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^g FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon budget; Emissions; Greenhouse gas; Reservoir; Sub tropical

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BIOMASS REMOVAL; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON EXPORT; DIFFUSIVE FLUX; GHG EMISSION; RESIDENCE TIME; SUB-TROPICAL; TROPICAL RESERVOIRS;

DEGASSING; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPICS; TURBINES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; DEGASSING; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; TURBINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; BURN; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHT, MASS AND SIZE; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAKE; METABOLISM; RIVER; TIME;

LAOS; NAM LEUK RESERVOIR; NAM NGUM RESERVOIR;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; LAKES; LAOS; METHANE; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 80054728037     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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