Impact of a mountain grassland fire on the concentration of aerosol black carbon and carbon monoxide near the surface at a remote coastal location

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-55

  Naseema Beegum, S ^a   Krishna Moorthy, K ^a   Suresh Babu, S ^a   Mohan Kumar, G ^b   Sampath, S ^b   Aneesh, V R ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Aethalometer; Black carbon; Carbon monoxide; Forest fire; Sea land breeze

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON BLACK; CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONES; FORESTRY; WIND;

AEROSOL BLACK CARBON; AETHALOMETER; MASS CONCENTRATION;

FIRES;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BLACK CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOREST FIRE; GRASSLAND; KATABATIC FLOW; LAND BREEZE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 39649115583     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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