Global Wildland Fire Emission Model (GWEM): Evaluating the use of global area burnt satellite data

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Hoelzemann, Judith J ^a   Schultz, Martin G ^a   Brasseur, Guy P ^a   Granier, Claire ^a,c,d   Simon, Muriel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global area burnt satellite products; Tropospheric chemistry; Vegetation fire emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; WILDFIRE;

EID: 5444234123     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003666     Document Type: Article

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