Ammonia emissions in tropical biomass burning regions: Comparison between satellite-derived emissions and bottom-up fire inventories

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 121, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-54

  Whitburn, S ^a   Van Damme, M ^a,b   Kaiser, J W ^c   Van Der Werf, G R ^b   Turquety, S ^d   Hurtmans, D ^a   Clarisse, L ^a   Clerbaux, C ^a,d   Coheur, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonia emissions; Biomass burning emission inventories; Fire radiative power; GFASv1.0; GFEDv3.1; Vegetation fires

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS; FIRE RADIATIVE POWER; GFASV1.0; GFEDV3.1; VEGETATION FIRE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

EID: 84949110404     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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