The impact of boreal forest fire on climate warming

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5802, 2006, Pages 1130-1132

  Randerson, J T ^a   Liu, H ^b   Flanner, M G ^a   Chambers, S D ^c   Jin, Y ^a   Hess, P G ^d   Pfister, G ^d   Mack, M C ^e   Treseder, K K ^a   Welp, L R ^f   Chapin, F S ^g   Harden, J W ^h   Goulden, M L ^a   Lyons, E ^a   Neff, J C ⁱ   Schuur, E A G ^e   Zender, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^h U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; FIRES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEA ICE; SNOW;

BLACK CARBON DEPOSITION; GREENHOUSE GASES; SURFACE ALBEDO;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; OZONE; SNOW;

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATIVE FORCING;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; TAIGA; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; TREES;

EID: 33751226912     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132075     Document Type: Article

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