Quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from sludge treatment wetlands

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1755-1762

  Uggetti, Enrica ^a   García, Joan ^a   Lind, Saara E ^b   Martikainen, Pertti J ^b   Ferrer, Ivet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drying reed beds; Global warming potential; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DRYING REED BEDS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT WETLANDS; STATIC CHAMBER TECHNIQUE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON EMISSION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REEDBED; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CENTRIFUGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROPLAND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 84863393436     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.049     Document Type: Article

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