Smoke emissions from biomass burning in a Mediterranean shrubland

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 3024-3033

  Alves, C A ^a   Goncalves C ^a   Pio, C A ^a   Mirante, F ^a   Caseiro, A ^a   Tarelho, L ^a   Freitas, M C ^b   Viegas, D X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Technological and Nuclear Institute   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Forest fires; Greenhouse gas emissions; Organic and elemental carbon; Particulate emissions; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CO AND CH; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION FACTORS; FLAMING COMBUSTION; FOREST FIRES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GASEOUS COMPOUNDS; GASPHASE; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; PARTICULATE MASS; PINE TREES; PORTUGAL; SHRUBLANDS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SMOKE EMISSION; TROPICAL FOREST; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

ACETYLENE; AEROSOLS; CHEMICALS; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROPYLENE; SMOKE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACETYLENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PROPYLENE;

CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST FIRE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GREENHOUSE GAS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SHRUBLAND; SMOKE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BURN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; EXHAUST GAS; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB; SMOKE;

ACETYLENE; AEROSOLS; CARBON; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHEMICALS; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; GREENHOUSE GASES; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSMITTANCE;

PORTUGAL; SERRA DA LOUSA;

EID: 77954309543     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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