Weekly cycles of global fires - Associations with religion, wealth and culture, and insights into anthropogenic influences on global climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 9579-9589

  Earl, Nick ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a   Tapper, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aerosols; anthropogenic effect; fire; weekly cycles

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; FIRES; GEOPHYSICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOLS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CONTROLLING FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; RELIGIOUS PRACTICES; STATISTICAL NOISE; WEEKLY CYCLES;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD COVER; CULTURE; FIRE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL CYCLE;

EID: 84955205079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066383     Document Type: Article

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