Dynamics of fire plumes and smoke clouds associated with peat and deforestation fires in Indonesia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Tosca, M G ^a   Randerson, J T ^a   Zender, C S ^a   Nelson, D L ^b   Diner, D J ^b   Logan, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; DEFORESTATION; DIRECT INJECTION; DROUGHT; FIRES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMAL PLUMES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC-MIXING PROCESS; CALIPSO; CLOUD-AEROSOL LIDAR AND INFRARED PATHFINDER SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; DRY SEASONS; FIRE PLUME; FREE TROPOSPHERE; INDONESIA; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PEAT LAND; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SATELLITE DATA; SMOKE PLUME; SUMATRA; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTICAL MIXING;

SMOKE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIPSO; DEFORESTATION; EL NINO; FOREST FIRE; LIDAR; MISR; PEAT; PEATLAND; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SMOKE; SOFTWARE; TROPICAL FOREST; VERTICAL MIXING;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79955531735     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015148     Document Type: Article

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