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Air Emissions Factors and Quantification

AP 42, Fifth Edition, Volume I Chapter 14: Greenhouse Gas Biogenic Sources

 
14.1 Emission from Soils - Greenhouse Gases

14.2 Termites - Greenhouse Gases

14.3 Lightning Emissions - Greenhouse Gases

14.4 Enteric Fermentation - Greenhouse Gases

  • Final Section - Supplement D, February 1998 (PDF) (8 pp, 63 K)
  • Errata: Updated October 14, 2009. A typographical error in the equation was corrected in October 2009. The emission factor was shown as 5.17 ton CH4/year and was corrected to be 51.7 ton CH4/year.

 
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An Improved Inventory of Methane Emissions from Coal Mining in the United States

Estimate of Methane Emissions from the U.S. Natural Gas Industry

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