Characterization of wildfire NOx emissions using MODIS fire radiative power and OMI tropospheric NO2 columns

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5839-5851

  Mebust, A K ^a   Russell, A R ^a   Hudman, R C ^a   Valin, L C ^a   Cohen, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; EMISSION; MODIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; TROPOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 79959511042     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-5839-2011     Document Type: Article

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