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Global biomass burning - Atmospheric, climatic, and biospheric implicationsOn a global scale, the total biomass consumed by annual burning is about 8680 million tons of dry material; the estimated total biomass consumed by the burning of savanna grasslands, at 3690 million tons/year, exceeds all other biomass burning (BMB) components. These components encompass agricultural wastes burning, forest burning, and fuel wood burning. BMB is not restricted to the tropics, and is largely anthropogenic. Satellite measurements indicate significantly increased tropospheric concentrations of CO and ozone associated with BMB. BMB significantly enhances the microbial production and emission of NO(x) from soils, and of methane from wetlands.
Document ID
19920055003
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Levine, Joel S.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Geosciences (General)
Accession Number
92A37627
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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