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 60K)
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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