Modeling cumulative effects in life cycle assessment: The case of fertilizer in wheat production contributing to the global warming potential

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 481, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 588-595

  Laratte, Bertrand ^a   Guillaume, Bertrand ^a   Kim, Junbeum ^a   Birregah, Babiga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulative impacts; Dynamic model; Global warming potential (GWP); LCA; LCI

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DYNAMIC MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; DYNAMIC INDICATORS; FERTILIZER PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WHEAT PRODUCTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRANCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WHEAT;

FRANCE;

CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; DYNAMIC MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL (GWP); LCA; LCI;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TRITICUM;

EID: 84903363967     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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