Assessment of the regional atmospheric impact of wildfire emissions based on CO observations at the ZOTTO tall tower station in central Siberia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Vasileva, A V ^a   Moiseenko, K B ^a   Mayer, J C ^b   Jurgens N ^b   Panov, A ^c   Heimann, M ^d   Andreae, M O ^b  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; RADIOMETERS; TOWERS;

ABSOLUTE VALUES; AIR TRANSPORT; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BOREAL FORESTS; BURNED PRODUCTS; EASTERN SIBERIA; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE PLUME; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; MAJOR FACTORS; MEDIAN VALUE; MIXING RATIOS; NEAR-SURFACE; NORTHERN EURASIA; REMOTE STATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIBERIA; TRANSPORT TIME; WARM SEASONS; WESTERN SIBERIA; WILDFIRE SMOKE;

FIRES;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; DATABASE; EPISODIC EVENT; MIXING RATIO; MODIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 79953696543     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014571     Document Type: Article

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