Wildfires in a warmer climate: Emission fluxes, emission heights, and black carbon concentrations in 2090-2099

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3195-3223

  Veira, A ^a,b   Lasslop, G ^a   Kloster, S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BLACK CARBON; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLOBAL WARMING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE FLUX; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84962910707     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024142     Document Type: Article

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