Quantifying the climate impacts of albedo changes due to biofuel production: A comparison with biogeochemical effects

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Caiazzo, Fabio ^a   Malina, Robert ^a   Staples, Mark D ^a   Wolfe, Philip J ^a   Yim, Steve H L ^a   Barrett, Steven R H ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; climate; dalbedo; lifecycle

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL EFFECTS; CLIMATE; DALBEDO; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; MIDDLE DISTILLATES; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

BIOFUELS;

ALBEDO; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; CRUDE OIL; CULTIVATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFOREST; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX; SALICORNIA;

EID: 84896838516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024015     Document Type: Article

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