Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. An Introduction to Atmospheric Methane

   1. An Introduction to Atmospheric Methane

      • M. A. K. Khalil

      Pages 1-6

3. Record of Atmospheric Methane

   1. Measurement and Research Techniques

      • R. Conrad, R. A. Rasmussen

      Pages 7-37

   2. The Record of Atmospheric Methane

      • D. Raynaud, J. Chappellaz

      Pages 38-61

   3. Isotopic Abundances in the Atmosphere and Sources

      • C. M. Stevens

      Pages 62-88

   4. Atmospheric Methane Concentrations

      • B. Stauffer, M. Wahlen, F. Moraes

      Pages 89-101

4. Formation and Consumption of Methane

   1. Biological Formation and Consumption of Methane

      • David R. Boone

      Pages 102-127

   2. Formation and Consumption of Methane

      • Nigel T. Roulet, William S. Reeburgh

      Pages 128-137

5. Sources and Sinks

   1. Stable Isotopes and Global Budgets

      • Michael J. Whiticar

      Pages 138-167

   2. Methane Sinks Distribution

      • M. A. K. Khalil, M. J. Shearer, R. A. Rasmussen

      Pages 168-179

   3. Sources of Methane: An Overview

      • M. A. K. Khalil, M. J. Shearer

      Pages 180-198

6. Methane Emissions from Individual Sources

   1. Ruminants and Other Animals

      • D. E. Johnson, T. M. Hill, G. M. Ward, K. A. Johnson, M. E. Branine, B. R. Carmean et al.

      Pages 199-229

   2. Rice Agriculture: Emissions

      • M. J. Shearer, M. A. K. Khalil

      Pages 230-253

   3. Rice Agriculture: Factors Controlling Emissions

      • H.-U. Neue, P. A. Roger

      Pages 254-298

   4. Biomass Burning

      • Joel S. Levine, Wesley R. Cofer III, Joseph P. Pinto

      Pages 299-313

   5. Wetlands

      • Elaine Matthews

      Pages 314-361

   6. Waste Management

      • Susan A. Thorneloe, Morton A. Barlaz, Rebecca Peer, L. C. Huff, Lee Davis, Joe Mangino

      Pages 362-398

   7. Industrial Sources

      • L. Lee Beck, Stephen D. Piccot, David A. Kirchgessner

      Pages 399-431

   8. Minor Sources of Methane

      • A. G. Judd, R. H. Charlier, A. Lacroix, G. Lambert, C. Rouland

      Pages 432-456

   9. Sources and Sinks of Methane

      • D. Bachelet, H. U. Neue

      Pages 457-468

Methane plays many important roles in the earth's environment. It is a potent "greenhouse gas" that warms the earth; controls the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere (OH) indirectly affecting the cycles and abundances of many atmospheric trace gases; provides water vapor to the stratosphere; scavenges chlorine atoms from the stratosphere, terminating the catalytic ozone destruction by chlorine atoms, including the chlorine released from the man-made chlorofluorocarbons; produces ozone, CO, and CO2 in the troposphere; and it is an index of life on earth and so is present in greater quantities during warm interglacial epochs and dwindles to low levels during the cold of ice ages. By all measures, methane is the second only to CO2 in causing future global warming. The book presents a comprehensive account of the current understanding of atmospheric methane, and it is an end point for summarizing more than a decade of intensive research on the global sources, sinks, concentrations, and environmental role of methane.

• Air Pollution
• Atmospheric Methane
• Global Warming
• Globale Erwärmung
• Greenhouse gas
• Luftverschmutzung
• Methan
• Troposphere
• environment
• air pollution and air quality

• Global Change Research Center, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology, Portland, USA

  M. A. K. Khalil

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