Boreal forest fires burn less intensely in Russia than in North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Wooster, Martin J ^a   Zhang, Y H ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SURVEYING AND MAPPING   (China)

Author keywords

0315 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Biosphere atmosphere interactions; 1615 Global Change: Biogeochemical processes (4805); 1640 Global Change: Remote sensing; 1694 Global Change: Instruments and techniques

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON; FIRE HAZARDS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HEAT RADIATION;

BOREAL FOREST; TREE COVERS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST FIRE; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOLS; CARBON; CROWNS; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; FUELS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11844278424     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020805     Document Type: Article

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