Fraction of natural area as main predictor of net CO2 emissions from cities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Nordbo, Annika ^a   Järvi, Leena ^a   Haapanala, Sami ^a   Wood, Curtis R ^b   Vesala, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; CARBON NEUTRALS; CO2 EMISSIONS; EDDY COVARIANCE TECHNIQUE; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; META ANALYSIS; SATELLITE MAPPING; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84868034806     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053087     Document Type: Article

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