Influence of spatially dependent, modeled soil carbon emission factors on life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn and cellulosic ethanol

Agriculture & Biology

• emissions factor 84%
• soil carbon 75%
• bioethanol 71%
• greenhouse gas emissions 70%
• soil organic carbon 62%
• life cycle (organisms) 52%
• land use change 47%
• corn 38%
• ethanol 38%
• cropland 37%
• Panicum virgatum 37%
• Miscanthus 30%
• corn stover 26%
• biofuels 21%
• willows 17%
• energy crops 17%
• Populus 15%
• feedstocks 14%
• grasslands 13%
• pastures 12%
• stover 9%
• greenhouse gases 9%
• carbon sequestration 9%
• soil depth 8%
• biomass 4%
• energy 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• soil emission 83%
• emission factor 66%
• soil carbon 63%
• ethanol 58%
• maize 55%
• greenhouse gas emissions 55%
• life cycle 50%
• organic carbon 37%
• biofuel 36%
• land use change 31%
• soil 20%
• crop 9%
• land 7%
• energy use 7%
• soil depth 7%
• county 6%
• modeling 5%
• spatial resolution 5%
• biomass 4%
• policy 4%
• loss 3%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Organic carbon 74%
• Gas emissions 63%
• Greenhouse gases 63%
• Life cycle 53%
• Soils 48%
• Carbon 47%
• Biofuels 38%
• Crops 15%
• Biomass 6%