Effects of biomass-burning aerosol loading on Southern African climate

• Main Author: Maúre, Genito Amós
• Other Authors: Tadross, Mark
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2014
• Subjects: Environmental and Geographical Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4778

Includes abastract. === Includes bibliographical references. === This study highlights the importance of including all biomass burning emissions, from the aerosols directly released from fires to the precursor gases, as different radiative forcings will be obtained from different chemical species, and, therefore, different circulation patterns are likely to be induced over all seasons, regardless of how large the emissions loading and/or concentrations are.