Methane emission estimation from landfills in Delhi: A comparative assessment of different methodologies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7135-7142

  Chakraborty, Monojit ^a,b   Sharma, Chhemendra ^a   Pandey, Jitendra ^b   Singh, Nahar ^a   Gupta, Prabhat K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Emission factors; Greenhouse gases; Inventories; Municipal solid waste; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; EMISSION ESTIMATION; EMISSION FACTORS; FIRST ORDER; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INVENTORIES; METHANE EMISSIONS; WASTE COMPOSITION;

ESTIMATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND FILL; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

METHANE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; EMISSION INVENTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDFILL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDIA; LANDFILL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 80755139740     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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