NASA A-Train and Terra observations of the 2010 Russian wildfires

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 9287-9301

  Witte, J C ^a,b   Douglass, A R ^b   Da Silva, A ^b   Torres, O ^b   Levy, R ^a,b   Duncan, B N ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AURA (SATELLITE); CARBON MONOXIDE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MODIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SMOKE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WILDFIRE;

EASTERN EUROPE; MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 80052673165     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-9287-2011     Document Type: Article

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