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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458185303321

Titolo

Verifying greenhouse gas emissions [[electronic resource] ] : methods to support international climate agreements / / Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emiisions ; Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate ; Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-78744-6

9786612787447

0-309-15212-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

363.738742

Soggetti

Greenhouse gases - Research

Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric

Atmospheric carbon dioxide

Greenhouse gases - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 National Inventories of Greenhouse Gas Emissions""; ""3 Measuring Fluxes from Land-Use Sources and Sinks""; ""4 Emissions Estimated from Atmospheric and Oceanic Measurements""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: UNFCCC Inventories of Industrial Processes and Waste""; ""Appendix B: Estimates of Signals Created in the Atmosphere by Emissions""; ""Appendix C: Current Sources of Atmospheric and Oceanic Greenhouse Gas Data""

""Appendix D: Technologies for Measuring Emissions by Large Local Sources""""Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix F: Acronyms and Abbreviations""