Climate risk management for the U.S. cellulosic biofuels supply chain

Climate Risk Management

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-115

  Langholtz, Matthew ^a   Webb, Erin ^a   Preston, Benjamin L ^a   Turhollow, Anthony ^a   Breuer, Norman ^b   Eaton, Laurence ^a   King, Anthony W ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahabaddine ^a   Nair, Sujithkumar Surendran ^a   Downing, Mark ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bioenergy; Climate change; Climate extremes; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906731272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22120963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2014.05.001     Document Type: Article

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