Estimating fire emissions and disparities in boreal Siberia (1998-2002)

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Soja, Amber J ^a   Cofer, W Randy ^b   Shugart, Herman H ^a   Sukhinin, Anatoly I ^c   Stackhouse Jr , Paul W ^d   McRae, Douglas J ^e   Conard, Susan G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Terra Systems Research   (United States)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Area burned; AVHRR; Boreal Siberia; Emissions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; AVHRR; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL; CARBON EMISSION; REMOTE SENSING; WILDFIRE;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 5444241911     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004570     Document Type: Article

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