Exceptional emissions of NH3 and HCOOH in the 2010 Russian wildfires

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4171-4181

  R'Honi, Y ^a   Clarisse, L ^a   Clerbaux, C ^a,b   Hurtmans, D ^a   Duflot, V ^a   Turquety, S ^b   Ngadi, Y ^a   Coheur, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; EMISSION; FOREST FIRE; FORMIC ACID; WILDFIRE; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84883509311     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-4171-2013     Document Type: Article

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