Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions inventories for agricultural burning using satellite observations of active fires

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1345-1364

  Lin, Hsiao Wen ^a   Jin, Yufang ^a,b   Giglio, Louis ^c   Foley, Jonathan A ^d   Randerson, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomass burning; Carbon dioxide (CO2); Climate treaty monitoring and verification; Mitigation; Radiative forcing; Waste and residue

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AQUA (SATELLITE); ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL; METHANE; MODIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRA (SATELLITE); UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SPACECRAFT;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED STATES;

AVENA; BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELIANTHUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84862999186     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-2362.1     Document Type: Article

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