A Large Underestimate of Formic Acid from Tropical Fires: Constraints from Space-Borne Measurements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 5631-5640

  Chaliyakunnel, S ^a   Millet, D B ^a   Wells, K C ^a   Cady Pereira, K E ^b   Shephard, M W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; FIRES; ORGANIC ACIDS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; BIOMASS-BURNING; DIRECT EMISSIONS; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; ORGANIC ACID PRODUCTIONS; SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS; TROPOSPHERIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS;

FORMIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; FORMIC ACID; AIR POLLUTANT; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE; FORMIC ACID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC ACID; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FIRE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLUME; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; AIR POLLUTANT; DISASTER;

AFRICA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOMASS; DISASTERS; FIRES; FORMATES;

EID: 84973636709     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b06385     Document Type: Article

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