Estimates of fire emissions from an active deforestation region in the southern Amazon based on satellite data and biogeochemical modelling

Biogeosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-249

  Van der Werf, G R ^a   Morton, D C ^b   DeFries, R S ^c   Giglio, L ^d   Randerson, J T ^e   Collatz, G J ^f   Kasibhatla, P S ^g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CERRADO; DEFORESTATION; DRY SEASON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST FIRE; REGROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MATO GROSSO;

EID: 71249152116     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-6-235-2009     Document Type: Article

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