Modelling burned area in Africa

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3199-3214

  Lehsten, V ^a   Harmand, P ^b   Palumbo, I ^c,d   Arneth, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BURNING; DRY SEASON; EMISSION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; LINEARITY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WILDFIRE;

AFRICA;

EID: 77958535261     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3199-2010     Document Type: Article

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