Biomass burning and global change / edited by Joel S. Levine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levine, Joel S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burning of land--Environmental aspects.

Burning of land.

Fuelwood--Burning--Environmental aspects.

Fuelwood.

Climatic changes.

Fuelwood--Burning.

Physical Description:

xliii, 902 pages, 30 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1996]

Summary:

There are also results of recent national and international experiments on biomass burning, including the international South African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI) and Bor Forest Island Experiment in Siberia, part of the Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN), and the U.S. Smoke, Clouds, and Radiation (SCAR) Experiment. Several chapters deal with the Kuwaiti oil fires and their environmental impacts.

Contents:

v. 1. Remote sensing, modeling and inventory development, and biomass burning in Africa

v. 2. Biomass burning in South America, Southeast Asia, and temperature and boreal ecosystems, and the oil fires of Kuwait.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0262122014

0262122022

OCLC:

35325258