Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoirs

Water Resources Development and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-94

  Varis, Olli ^a   Kummu, Matti ^a   Härkönen, Saku ^b   Huttunen, Jari T ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Transport and the Environment   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deep Water Layer; Hydropower Reservoir; Natural Lake; Reservoir Area; Tropical Zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014865032     PISSN: 1614810X     EISSN: 2198316X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-23571-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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