Verifying greenhouse gas emissions : methods to support international climate agreements

Verifying greenhouse gas emissions : methods to support international climate agreements /

"The world's nations are moving toward agreements that will bind us together in an effort to limit future greenhouse gas emissions. With such agreements will come the need for all nations to make accurate estimates of greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor changes over time. In this conte...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010
Subjects:
Greenhouse gases > Research.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Greenhouse gases > Environmental aspects.
Greenhouse Effect
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • National inventories of greenhouse gase emissions
  • Measuring fluxes from land-use sources and sinks
  • Emissions estimated from atmospheric and oceanic measurements
  • 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.

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