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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): P. V. Hobbs; L. F. Radke
Publication Date: 1992

Airborne studies of smoke from the Kuwait oil fires were carried out in the spring of 1991 when 4.6 million barrels of oil were burning per day. Emissions of sulfur dioxide were 57% of that from electric utilities in the United States; emissions of carbon dioxide were 2% of global emissions; emissions of soot were 3400 metric tons per day. The smoke absorbed 75 to 80% of the sun's radiation in regions of the Persian Gulf. However, the smoke probably had insignificant global effects because (i) particle emissions were less than expected (ii) the smoke was not as black as expected, (iii) the smoke was not carried high in the atmosphere, and (iv) the smoke had a short atmospheric residence time.

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Citation: Hobbs, P. V., and L. F. Radke. 1992. Airborne studies of the smoke from the Kuwait oil fires. Science, v. 256, p. 987-991.

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Keywords:
  • air quality
  • C - carbon
  • CO2 - carbon dioxide
  • combustion
  • environmental impact analysis
  • gases
  • Kuwait
  • Middle East
  • particulates
  • radiation
  • S - sulfur
  • smoke behavior
  • smoke effects
  • SO2 - sulfur dioxide
  • soot
  • statistical analysis
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 8164Location Status: In-fileCall Number: Fire FileAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 33975

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