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BIO_BURN  

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  • Scientific Objectives: Biomass burning studies investigate the impact of particulates produced during biomass burning on the radiation budget of the Earth and the global climate. Project Description: The Langley Research Center (LaRC) Biomass Burning project involved ground-based and airborne measurements of particulate and gaseous emissions from burning in very diverse ecosystems. The impact of burning on the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen gases (nitric oxide and nitrous oxide) from the soil the atmosphere was also measured. Data Used and Produced: Biomass Burning 5x5 degree data are in the form of biomass matter burned in units of teragrams of dry biomass matter per month for the peak burning month. For each 5 degree by 5 degree latitude by longitude box, the following data are given: total amount of biomass burned (T), amount of biomass burned in forest (F) fires, amount of biomass burned in in Savanna (S) fires, and the month maximum burning. Data are available for 1980. Each granule consist of one year of data per region. Project Archive Contact: Langley DAAC User Services Office Mail Stop 157D NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-0001 USA Phone: (757) 864-8656 FAX: (757) 864-8807 INTERNET > larc@eos.nasa.gov DAAC Home Page: "http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/" Project Manager Contact: Dr. Joel S. Levine Theoretical Studies Branch Atmospheric Sciences Division NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA 23681-0001 USA Phone: (757) 864-5692 FAX: (757) 864-6326 INTERNET > J.S.LEVINE@LaRC.NASA.GOV Home Page: "http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/" Project Home Page: "http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/biomass_burn/biomass_burn.html" References: Levine, J. S., 1992: Climate, The Encyclopedia of Earth System Science (W. A. Nierenberg, Editor), Academic Press, Inc., Volume 1, page 503-515. Levine, J. S. (Editor), 1991: Global Biomass Burning: Atmospheric, Climatic, and Biospheric Implications, The MIT Press, Inc., 569 pages. Levine, J. S., 1992: Ozone, Climate, and Global Atmospheric Change, Science Activities, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp 10-16. Levine, J. S., W. R. Cofer, D. R. Cahoon, and E. L. Winstead, 1995: Biomass Burning: A Driver for Global Change, Environmental Science and Technology, Volume 29, Number 3, pages 120A-125A. Wei Min Hao and Mei-Huey Liu, Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tropical Biomass, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 8, No. 4, pages 495-503, December 1994. (en)

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