Interoperability between ecoinvent ver. 3 and US LCI database: a case study

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1290-1298

  Suh, Sangwon ^a,b   Leighton, Matthew ^b   Tomar, Shivira ^b   Chen, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IERS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data exchange format; Ecoinvent; Interoperability; National LCI database; US LCI

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DOCUMENTATION; ECOINVENT 3 DATABASE; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY DATABASE; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878650822     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0592-2     Document Type: Article

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