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    Global warming potential of biogenic methane

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    C. K. Varshney ,

    School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IN
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    Arun K. Attri

    School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IN
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    Abstract

    The source of carbon in biogenic methane comes from the active carbon pool. Transformation of carbon into methane, through biogenic cycling of carbon implies that the global warming (GW) contributed by biogenic methane inherits the GW of CO2. For a precise and realistic assessment of GWP of biogenic methane and its' contribution to GW, the instantaneous radiative forcing of CO2 should be subtracted from the instantaneous radiative forcing of biogenic methane. The correction suggested on this account will decrease the GWP of biogenic methane by 5%. The proposed correction is significant, since 80% of the global emission of methane involve biospheric carbon belonging to the active carbon pool.

    How to Cite: Varshney, C.K. and Attri, A.K., 1999. Global warming potential of biogenic methane. Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 51(3), pp.612–615. DOI: http://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v51i3.16444
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      Published on 01 Jan 1999
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     Accepted on 14 Sep 1998            Submitted on 15 Jan 1998

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