First satellite measurements of carbon dioxide and methane emission ratios in wildfire plumes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 4098-4102

  Ross, Adrian N ^a   Wooster, Martin J ^a   Boesch, Hartmut ^b   Parker, Robert ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CH4; CO2; emission; GOSAT; ratio; wildfire

Indexed keywords

CH4; CO2; GOSAT; RATIO; WILDFIRE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; METHANE; MIXING; NEUTRON EMISSION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GOSAT; METHANE; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; METHANE; PLUMES; SATELLITES;

EID: 84880938592     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50733     Document Type: Article

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