Biogenic soil emissions of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N2O) from savannas in South Africa: The impact of wetting and burning

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 23689-23697

  Levine, Joel S ^a   Winstead, Edward L ^b   Parsons, Dirk A B ^c   Scholes, Mary C ^c   Scholes, Robert J ^d   Cofer III, Wesley R ^a   Cahoon Jr , Donald R ^a   Sebacher, Daniel I ^b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC EMISSION; FIRE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; RAINFALL; SAVANNA; SOIL FLUX;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030358042     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01661     Document Type: Article

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