Emissions of air pollutants by Canadian wildfires from 2000 to 2004

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-34

  Lavoú, David ^a,b   Stocks, Brian J ^c,d  

^a DL Modeling and Research   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d BJ Stocks Wildfire Investigations Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951751800     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08114     Document Type: Review

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