The Australian bushfires of February 2009: MIPAS observations and GEM-AQ model results

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1637-1658

  Glatthor, N ^a   Hopfner M ^a   Semeniuk, K ^b   Lupu, A ^b   Palmer, P I ^c   McConnell, J C ^b   Kaminski, J W ^b   Von Clarmann, T ^a   Stiller, G P ^a   Funke, B ^d   Kellmann, S ^a   Linden, A ^a   Wiegele, A ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BUSHLAND; ENVISAT-1; MODELING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84873653613     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1637-2013     Document Type: Article

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