Challenges in the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions from biofuel-induced global land-use change

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-125

  Warner, Ethan ^a   Zhang, Yimin ^a   Inman, Daniel ^a   Heath, Garvin ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass; Equilibrium model; Greenhouse gas; Land use change; Literature review; Meta analysis; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM MODELING; HIGH-RESOLUTION DATUM; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; META-ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION FUELS;

BIOMASS; ESTIMATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODEL STRUCTURES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOFUELS;

EID: 84892478245     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.1434     Document Type: Review

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