Fires increase Amazon forest productivity through increases in diffuse radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4654-4662

  Rap, A ^a   Spracklen, D V ^a   Mercado, L ^b,c   Reddington, C L ^a   Haywood, J M ^b   Ellis, R J ^c   Phillips, O L ^a   Artaxo, P ^d   Bonal, D ^e   Restrepo Coupe, N ^f   Butt, N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e LERFoB   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerosol; biomass burning; deforestation fires; diffuse radiation; plant photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON FORESTS; AMAZONIAN FORESTS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBON EMISSIONS; DIFFUSE RADIATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

RADIATION;

AEROSOL; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY SEASON; FOREST FIRE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84934440859     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063719     Document Type: Article

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