Transport of biomass burning emissions from southern Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Sinha, Parikhit ^a   Jaeglé, Lyatt ^a   Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Liang, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Smoke; Transport of smoke

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONESONDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 11844269846     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005044     Document Type: Article

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