Identification of Black Carbon in the Earth System

Fire Phenomena and the Earth System: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Fire Science

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 157-176

  Hammes, Karen ^a   Abiven, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sciences; Black carbon (BC); Earth system; Fire; Global warming; Oceanic system sciences; Terrestrial system sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886342439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118529539.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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