Emissions of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane from boreal forest fires in 1998

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Kasischke, Eric S ^a   Bruhwiler, Lori P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest fires; Peatland fires

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FOREST FIRE; METHANE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0347269063     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000461     Document Type: Article

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