Fire emission heights in the climate system - Part 1: Global plume height patterns simulated by ECHAM6-HAM2

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7155-7171

  Veira, A ^a,b   Kloster, S ^a   Wilkenskjeld, S ^a   Remy, S ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CIRCULATION MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEIGHT; MISR; PARAMETERIZATION; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84934330578     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-7155-2015     Document Type: Article

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