Modelling emissions from Canadian wildfires: A case study of the 2002 Quebec fires

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 649-663

  Lavoué, David ^a,b   Gong, Sunling ^b   Stocks, Brian J ^c,d  

^a Air Quality Research Branch ^*  (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d BJ Stocks Wildfire Investigations Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality; Black carbon; Climate change; Greenhouse gas; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249068636     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06091     Document Type: Article

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