TRMM observed first direct evidence of smoke from forest fires inhibiting rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3105-3108

  Rosenfeld, Daniel ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLOUDS; FIRES; FREEZING; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SMOKE; TROPICS; VEGETATION;

FOREST FIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

FOREST FIRE; RAINFALL; SMOKE;

EID: 0033569054     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL006066     Document Type: Article

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