Emissions from smoldering combustion of biomass measured by open-path Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 18865-18877

  Yokelson, Robert J ^a   Susott, Ronald ^b,d   Ward, Darold E ^b,d   Reardon, James ^b,d   Griffith, David W T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Intermountain Fire Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 0000355158     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00852     Document Type: Article

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