Large injection of carbon monoxide into the upper troposphere due to intense biomass burning in 1997

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D21, 1999, Pages 26867-26879

  Matsueda, Hidekazu ^a   Inoue, Hisayuki Y ^a   Ishii, Masao ^a   Tsutsumi, Yukitomo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON MONOXIDE; TROPOSPHERE;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 17044424157     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900193     Document Type: Article

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