Daily burned area and carbon emissions from boreal fires in Alaska

Biogeosciences

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3579-3601

  Veraverbeke, S ^a   Rogers, B M ^b   Randerson, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOREAL FOREST; CALIBRATION; CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST FIRE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; MODIS; ORGANIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACE GAS; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 84935893346     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-3579-2015     Document Type: Article

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