Remote sensing-based estimates of annual and seasonal emissions from crop residue burning in the contiguous United States

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-34

  McCarty, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE INCINERATION;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; ENTERIC FERMENTATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

CROPS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FUEL; METHANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BURN; COMBUSTION; CROP; FERMENTATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUGARCANE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79551605964     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.61.1.22     Document Type: Article

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