Trace gas emissions from biomass burning inferred from aerosol optical depth
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Summary, in English
We have observed strong correlations between simultaneous and co-located measurements of aerosol optical depth and column amounts of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde and ammonia in bushfire smoke plumes over SE Australia during the Austral summers of 2001/2002 and 2002/2003. We show how satellite-derived aerosol optical depth maps may be used in conjunction with these correlations to determine the total amounts of these gases present in a fire-affected region. This provides the basis of a method for estimating total emissions of trace gases from biomass burning episodes using visible radiances measured by satellites.
Publiceringsår
2004
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
05116-05116
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Geophysical Research Letters
Volym
31
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Ämne
- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1944-8007