Management and climate contributions to satellite-derived active fire trends in the contiguous United States

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-660

  Lin, Hsiao Wen ^a   McCarty, Jessica L ^b   Wang, Dongdong ^c   Rogers, Brendan M ^a   Morton, Douglas C ^d   Collatz, G James ^d   Jin, Yufang ^a   Randerson, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; agriculture; air quality; carbon cycle; wildfire

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MODIS; POLICY MAKING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900515907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002382     Document Type: Article

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