COMET2.0-Decision support system for agricultural greenhouse gas accounting

Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 251-270

  Paustian, Keith ^a   Schuler, Jill ^a   Killian, Kendrick ^a   Chambers, Adam ^b   Del Grosso, Steven ^c   Easter, Mark ^a   Alvaro Fuentes, Jorge ^a   Gurung, Ram ^a   Johnson, Greg ^b   Merwin, Miles ^d   Ogle, Stephen ^a   Olson, Carolyn ^b   Swan, Amy ^a   Williams, Steve ^a   Vining, Roel ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Ridgeback Tree Farm   (United States)

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EID: 84882746271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-386897-8.00015-2     Document Type: Chapter

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