Emissions measurements from vegetation fires: A comparative evaluation of methods and results

D. E. Ward; L. F. Radke

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Emissions measurements from vegetation fires: A comparative evaluation of methods and results

Informally Refereed

Authors:

D. E. Ward, L. F. Radke

Year:

1993

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Crutzen, P. J.; Goldammer, J. G., eds. Fire in the Environment: The Ecological, Atmospheric, and Climatic Importance of Vegetation Fires. Dahlem Workshop Reports: Environmental Sciences Research Report 13. Chischester, England: John Wiley & Sons. p. 53-76.

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Abstract

Fires in the open environment produce a diversity of combustion products. Special techniques are needed to characterize the emissions ranging from microcombustion-evolved gas analysis to airborne monitoring of the full-scale phenomenon. This chapter discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each, the use of data in models for full-scale fires, and provides a discussion of the measurement needs for more fully understanding the release of emissions on a global/temporal scale.

Keywords

vegetation fires, emissions measurements, combustion products

Citation

Ward, D. E.; Radke, L. F. 1993. Emissions measurements from vegetation fires: A comparative evaluation of methods and results. In: Crutzen, P. J.; Goldammer, J. G., eds. Fire in the Environment: The Ecological, Atmospheric, and Climatic Importance of Vegetation Fires. Dahlem Workshop Reports: Environmental Sciences Research Report 13. Chischester, England: John Wiley & Sons. p. 53-76.