Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from future Amazonian hydroelectric reservoirs

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  De Faria, Felipe A M ^a   Jaramillo, Paulina ^a   Sawakuchi, Henrique O ^b   Richey, Jeffrey E ^c   Barros, Nathan ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; emission factor; greenhouse gas emissions; hydropower

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLOODS; GASES; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AMAZON; ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ELECTRICITY SOURCE; EMISSION FACTORS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; HYDROPOWER; INSTALLED CAPACITY;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR;

AMAZON BASIN; BRAZIL;

EID: 84952898088     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/12/124019     Document Type: Article

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