Direct top-down estimates of biomass burning CO emissions using TES and MOPITT versus bottom-up GFED inventory

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 8054-8066

  Pechony, Olga ^a   Shindell, Drew T ^a   Faluvegi, Greg ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass burning emissions; Carbon monoxide; Climate model; GFED; MOPITT; TES

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SATELLITES;

BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; GFED; MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERES; MOPITT; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; TES; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS;

FIRES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORY; MOPITT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE SENSOR; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

EID: 84882809732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50624     Document Type: Article

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