Bioenergy potential of the united states constrained by satellite observations of existing productivity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3536-3544

  Smith, W Kolby ^a   Cleveland, Cory C ^a   Reed, Sasha C ^b   Miller, Norman L ^c   Running, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY POTENTIAL; BIOMASS HARVEST; CURRENT ESTIMATES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY ACT OF 2007; ENERGY PORTFOLIO; ENERGY TARGETS; FUTURE ENERGIES; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY ENERGIES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ENERGY POLICY; ESTIMATION; ETHANOL; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOL;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LAND USE CHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SATELLITE DATA; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858650258     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es203935d     Document Type: Article

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