Size distribution of particles emitted from grass fires in the Northern Territory, Australia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 38, 2007, Pages 8609-8619

  Wardoyo, Arinto Y P ^a,b   Morawska, Lidia ^b   Ristovski, Zoran D ^b   Jamriska, Milan ^c   Carr, Steve ^c   Johnson, Graham ^b  

^a BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airborne measurement; Biomass burning; Northern Territory of Australia; Particle size distribution; Vertical profile

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENT; BIOMASS BURNING; VERTICAL PROFILE;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; FIRE; GRASS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 36349025259     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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