Sampling error in US field crop unit process data for life cycle assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-192

  Cooper, Joyce Smith ^a   Kahn, Ezra ^a   Ebel, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; Inventory data; Life cycle assessment; Meta data; Parameterization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA PROCESSING; JACKKNIFE TEST; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; TILLAGE; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

AVENA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872288394     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0454-3     Document Type: Article

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