Intercomparison of near-real-time biomass burning emissions estimates constrained by satellite fire data

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Al Saadi, Jassim ^a   Soja, Amber J ^b   Pierce, Robert B ^c   Szykman, James ^d   Wiedinmyer, Christine ^e   Emmons, Louisa ^e   Kondragunta, Shobha ^c   Zhang, Xiaoyang ^c   Kittaka, Chieko ^f   Schaack, Todd ^g   Bowman, Kevin ^h  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition; Biomass burning; Emission; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; FIRES; GAS EMISSIONS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; NEUTRON EMISSION; ORBITS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; BIOMASS-BURNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PREDICTION CAPABILITY; SATELLITE FIRE DATA; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WILDFIRE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349146641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2948785     Document Type: Article

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