SCAR-B fires in the tropics: Properties and remote sensing from EOS-MODIS

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D24, 1998, Pages 31955-31968

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Kleidman, Richard G ^a   King, Michael D ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; EOS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0032573701     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD02460     Document Type: Article

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