Time-Dynamic Effects on the Global Temperature When Harvesting Logging Residues for Bioenergy

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1912-1924

  Hammar, Torun ^a   Ortiz, Carina A ^a   Stendahl, Johan ^a   Ahlgren, Serina ^a   Hansson, Per Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biogenic carbon; Boreal forest; Global warming; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC CARBON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BOREAL FORESTS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84946722803     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9649-3     Document Type: Article

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