Forest fires impact on air quality over Portugal

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 190-198

  Miranda, Ana Isabel ^a   Monteiro, Alexandra ^a   Martins, Vera ^a   Carvalho, Anabela ^a   Schaap, Martijn ^b   Builtjes, Peter ^b   Borrego, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air quality modelling; Forest fire emissions; Model performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999536691     PISSN: 18746519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8453-9_21     Document Type: Chapter

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