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This volume contains a selection of scientific papers which were presented at an international workshop held in Wengen, Switzerland, in September 1998. A number of state-of-the-art papers are presented, which discuss scientific, technological and socio-economic issues related to large forest fires which occur both in the tropics and in the extra-tropical regions. The book comprises some of the most recent research conducted in the context of the large forest fires which occurred in South-East Asia, Australia, Brazil and Africa in late 1997 and early 1998; while essentially due to human interference, these particular fires appear to have been enhanced by the particularly strong El Nino episode which prevailed at that time. This interdisciplinary volume addresses a number of topics, in particular the contribution to climatic change by the greenhouse gases and aerosols emitted by large forest fires, the monitoring of fires both during and after combustion through satellite remote-sensing techniques, and numerical studies of the perturbation to the climate system using general circulation climate models.

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Author:   John L. Innes ,  Martin Beniston ,  Michel M. Verstraete
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2000 ed.
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.560kg
ISBN:  

9780792361077

ISBN 10:   0792361075
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   31 December 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Biomass Burning and Climate: An Introduction.- Global Biomass Burning: A Case Study of the Gaseous and Particulate Emissions Released to the Atmosphere During the 1997 Fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia.- Modelling the Effect of Landuse Changes on Global Biomass Emissions.- Direct Effects of Fire on the Boreal Forest Carbon Budget.- The Impact of Biomass Burning on the Global Budget of Ozone and Ozone Precursors.- Impact of the 1997 Indonesian Fires on Tropospheric Ozone and its Precursors.- The Relationship Between Area Burned by Wildland Fire in Canada and Circulation Anomalies in the Mid-Troposphere.- Underestimation of GCM-Calculated Short-Wave Atmospheric Absorption in Areas Affected by Biomass burning.- Wildland Fire Detection from Space: Theory and Application.- Climate and Vegetation as Driving Factors in Global Fire Activity.- Modelling the Impact of Vegetation Fires, Detected from NOAA-AVHRR Data, on Tropospheric Chemistry in Tropical Africa.- A Rule-Based System for Burned Area Mapping in Temperate and Tropical Regions Using NOAA/AVHRR Imagery.- Fire Regime Sensitivity to Global Climate Change: An Australian Perspective.- The Interaction Between Forest Fires and Human Activity in Southern Switzerland.- Indirect and Long-Term Effects of Fire on the Boreal Forest Carbon Budget.- Sustainable Forestry as a Source of Bio-energy for Fossil Fuel Substitution.- Managing Smoke in United States Wildlands and Forests: A Challenge for Science and Regulations.- Area Burned Reconstruction and Measurement: A Comparison of Methods.- Interactions Between Biomass Burning and Climate: Conclusions Drawn from the Workshop.

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