Direct estimation of diffuse gaseous emissions from coal fires: Current methods and future directions

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-172

  Engle, Mark A ^a,b   Olea, Ricardo A ^a   O'Keefe, Jennifer M K ^c   Hower, James C ^d   Geboy, Nicholas J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal fires; Emissions; Geostatistics; Greenhouse gases; Sequential Gaussian simulation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SAMPLING; COAL FIRES; DYNAMIC CLOSED CHAMBERS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; GAUSSIAN SIMULATIONS; GEO-STATISTICS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

FIRES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE; GEOSTATISTICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

KENTUCKY; PERRY COUNTY [KENTUCKY]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876484603     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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