Methane emissions from 2000 to 2011 wildfires in Northeast Eurasia estimated with MODIS burned area data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-121

  Vasileva, Anastasia ^a   Moiseenko, Konstantin ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Boreal forest; Methane emissions; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; BOREAL FOREST ZONE; BOREAL FORESTS; BURNED AREAS; CLIMATE RESEARCH; DATA PRODUCTS; EURASIA; FIRE EMISSIONS; GLOBAL FIRE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; INVERSE MODELING; METHANE EMISSIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MODIS BURNED AREAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SIBERIA; STANDARD DEVIATION; WEST SIBERIA; WETLAND EMISSIONS;

ESTIMATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; METHANE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLANDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

METHANE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; BOREAL FOREST; METHANE; MODIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FAR EAST; FIRE; FOGO SELVAGEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY; WETLAND;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; ESTIMATION; EURASIA; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; METHANE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIOMETRY; SATELLITES; WETLANDS;

FAR EAST; SIBERIA;

EID: 84874519310     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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