Impact of including the plume rise of vegetation fires in numerical simulations of associated atmospheric pollutants

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Freitas, S R ^a   Longo, K M ^a   Andreae, M O ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; REMOTE-SENSING FIRE PRODUCTS; SMOCC CAMPAIGN; VEGETATION FIRES;

THERMAL PLUMES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FIRE; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

EID: 33845661860     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026608     Document Type: Article

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