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Biomass burning is a major source of aerosols that affect air quality and the Earth's radiation budget. Current estimates of biomass burning emissions vary markedly due to uncertainties in biomass density, combustion efficiency, emission factor…
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Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Arizona, Arkansas, biomass, biomass burning, combustion, coniferous forests, cover, cover type, deciduous forests, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, grasslands, hardwood forests, heavy fuels, Idaho, leaves, litter, Louisiana, moisture, Montana, needles, Oregon, particulates, radiation, remote sensing, shrubs, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires, biomass burning emissions, particulate matter, multiple satellite instruments, GOES, near real time
Mercury emissions from forest fires in Europe and in North African countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea were estimated on the basis of ground-based forest fires data, forests phytomass and measured emission factors. Satellite observations…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Mapping
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, biomass, carbon, combustion, deforestation, distribution, Europe, fire management, fire size, foliage, France, GIS, Italy, Mediterranean habitats, Hg - mercury, Middle East, phenology, plant communities, Poland, pollution, Portugal, remote sensing, Russia, smoke management, Spain, statistical analysis, wildfires, remote sensing, GIS, Europe, Russian federation, Mediterranean, forest fires, Hg - mercury
Biomass burning from forest regions and agriculture crop residues can emit substantial amounts of particulate matter and other pollutants into the atmosphere. An inventory of forest, grassland and agricultural burning is important for studies related to global change. This study…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Asia, biomass, broadcast burning, croplands, fire management, gases, climate change, grasslands, India, particulates, range management, remote sensing, statistical analysis, biomass burning, cereal waste, gases and particle emissions, field burning, global change
Fires contribute substantial emissions of trace gases and particles to the atmosphere. These emissions can impact air quality and even climate. We have developed a modeling framework to estimate the emissions from fires in North and parts of Central America (10-71 degrees N and…
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, North America, PM - particulate matter, Mexico, agriculture, agricultural fires, CO - carbon monoxide, South America, air quality, biomass, C - carbon, cover, croplands, duff, fire management, fuel loading, gases, grasslands, herbaceous vegetation, overstory, particulates, precipitation, remote sensing, shrubs, smoke management, statistical analysis, wetlands, wildfires
Emissions of atmospheric pollutants from vegetation fires can greatly affect local and regional air quality. The near real-time information on the magnitude of fires, the amount of pollutants emitted, and their impact on air quality is critical to fire managers* decisions to…
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Year: 2000
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Africa, air quality, carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, digital data collection, experimental fires, field experimental fires, fire management, fire regimes, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, moisture, overstory, pollution, remote sensing, understory vegetation, AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, NASA EOS
Contemporary human activities such as tropical deforestation. Land clearing for agriculture, pest control and grassland management lead to biomass burning, which in turn leads to land-cover changes. However, biomass burning emissions are not correctly measured and the methods to…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, agriculture, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, Brazil, carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, cerrado, deforestation, energy, evolution, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, gases, grasslands, moisture, pest control, radiation, rainforests, remote sensing, smoke effects, South America, statistical analysis, tropical forests, FRP - Fire Radiative Power, smoke aerosol emission coefficient, aerosol optical depth, biomass burning