Advancing national greenhouse gas inventories for agriculture in developing countries: Improving activity data, emission factors and software technology

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ogle, Stephen M ^a   Buendia, Leandro ^b   Butterbach Bahl, Klaus ^c,d   Breidt, F Jay ^a   Hartman, Melannie ^a   Yagi, Kazuyuki ^e   Nayamuth, Rasack ^f   Spencer, Shannon ^a   Wirth, Tom ^g   Smith, Pete ^h  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Colorado State University ^*  (Philippines)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^f Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute   (Mauritius)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activity data; agricultural greenhouse gas emissions; emission factors; enteric methane; manure methane; national greenhouse gas inventory; rice methane; soil nitrous oxide; soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GAS EMISSIONS; MANURES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PROGRAM COMPILERS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOILS; SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE; EMISSION FACTORS; GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MANURE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOFTWARE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EMISSION;

EID: 84876168197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015030     Document Type: Article

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