Examining injection properties of boreal forest fires using surface and satellite measurements of CO transport

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Hyer, Edward J ^a,b   Allen, Dale J ^a   Kasischke, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERE;

BOREAL FOREST; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; NOAA SATELLITE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 36348934500     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008232     Document Type: Article

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