Forest fires in a changing climate and their impacts on air quality

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 5545-5553

  Carvalho, A ^a   Monteiro, A ^a   Flannigan, M ^b   Solman, S ^c   Miranda, A I ^a   Borrego, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; Climate change; Forest fire emissions; Future fire activity; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MODELLING; AIR QUALITY MODELLING SYSTEM; CHANGING CLIMATE; COASTAL REGIONS; EMISSION FACTORS; FOREST FIRE EMISSIONS; FOREST FIRES; FUEL LOADS; FUTURE CLIMATE; FUTURE FIRE ACTIVITY; MODEL SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10 CONCENTRATION; PORTUGAL; SIMULATION GRID; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; OZONE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

FUEL; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST FIRE EMISSION; PORTUGAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATES; COASTS; DEFORESTATION; EUROPE; FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PORTUGAL; SIMULATION;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 80051475291     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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