Methane emissions from landfills and carbon dynamics of harvested wood products: The first-order decay revisited

Kim Pingoud (Corresponding Author), Fabian Wagner

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Abstract

The First-Order decay method for carbon stocks is derived from first principles, and applications in the context of national greenhouse gas inventories are discussed. For methane emissions from landfills a method is developed that in principle is more accurate than the method currently recommended by the IPCC, and systematic errors are estimated numerically. The First-Order decay method is further applied to derive the permanent part of the carbon pool of harvested wood products.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)961-978
JournalMitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Volume11
Issue number5-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • first order decay
  • greenhouse gas inventories
  • harvested wood products
  • landfills
  • methane emissions
  • solid wastes
  • disposal sites

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