Using agroecosystem modeling to improve the estimates of N2O emissions in the life-cycle assessment of biofuels

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 593-606

  Dufossé, Karine ^a   Gabrielle, Benoît ^a   Drouet, Jean Louis ^a   Bessou, Cécile ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biofuel LCA; CERES; Landscape model; Miscanthus; Sugar beet; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEM MODELING; CERES; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE; LANDSCAPE MODEL; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MISCANTHUS; UNCERTAINTY;

CROPS; CURVE FITTING; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; SUGAR BEETS;

BIOETHANOL;

EID: 84879480472     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-012-9171-1     Document Type: Article

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