Impacts of enhanced biomass burning in the boreal forests in 1998 on tropospheric chemistry and the sensitivity of model results to the injection height of emissions

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Leung, Fok Yan T ^a   Logan, Jennifer A ^a   Park, Rokjin ^a   Hyer, Edward ^b   Kasischke, Eric ^c   Streets, David ^d   Yurganov, Leonid ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXIDANT; OZONE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 34547610512     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008132     Document Type: Article

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