INFERNO: a fire and emissions scheme for the UK Met Office's Unified Model

Warm and dry climatological conditions favour the occurrence of forest fires. These fires then become a significant emission source to the atmosphere. Despite this global importance, fires are a local phenomenon and are difficult to represent in large-scale Earth system models (ESMs). To address thi...

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Main Authors: S. Mangeon, A. Voulgarakis, R. Gilham, A. Harper, S. Sitch, G. Folberth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-08-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/2685/2016/gmd-9-2685-2016.pdf