(180d) Carbon Emissions from Tropical Fires
AIChE Annual Meeting
2008
2008 Annual Meeting
Environmental Division
Symposium In Honor of Len Peters Contributions to Air Pollution Research and Education II
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 4:45pm to 5:15pm
Tropical savanna and forest fires are important sources of air pollutants to the global atmosphere. In this talk, I focus on our recent efforts to quantify the magnitude and variability of tropical fire-driven atmospheric emissions using remotely sensed datasets of active fires and burned area in combination with a global biogeochemical model. Satellite based measurements of tropospheric carbon monoxide enable us to characterize the accuracy of the resulting inventory. Finally, I will discuss internannual variability in carbon emissions associated with deforestation in the Amazon and Indonesia in recent years, and explore the causes of these variations.