Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from corn cropping systems in the midwestern U.S.: Potential and data gaps

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4247-4256

  Decock, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS;

MANURES;

(N (N BUTYL) THIOPHOSPHORIC TRIAMIDE); FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE INHIBITOR;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION;

CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVEST; MAIZE; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CANADA; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898841906     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4055324     Document Type: Review

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