Modeling the transport and optical properties of smoke plumes from South American biomass burning

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Matichuk, Rebecca I ^a,c   Colarco, P R ^b   Smith, J A ^a   Toon, O B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SMOKE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOMASS BURNING; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 45749098501     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009005     Document Type: Article

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