Seasonality of vegetation fires in Africa from remote sensing data and application to a global chemistry model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 21051-21065

  Cooke, W F ^a,b   Koffi, B ^a   Gregoire J M ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; CHEMISTRY MODEL; FIRE; NOAA; REMOTE SENSING; SAVANNA;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030435817     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01835     Document Type: Article

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