Comparison of global inventories of CO emissions from biomass burning derived from remotely sensed data

We compare five global inventories of monthly CO emissions named VGT, ATSR, MODIS, GFED3 and MOPITT based on remotely sensed active fires and/or burned area products for the year 2003. The objective is to highlight similarities and differences by focusing on the geographical and temporal distributio...

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Main Authors: D. Stroppiana, P. A. Brivio, J.-M. Grégoire, C. Liousse, B. Guillaume, C. Granier, A. Mieville, M. Chin, G. Pétron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-12-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/12173/2010/acp-10-12173-2010.pdf