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Remote Sensing of Biomass Burning in the Tropics

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Fire in the Tropical Biota

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 84))

Abstract

Biomass burning in the tropics, a large source of trace gases, has expanded drastically in the last decade due to increase in the controlled and uncontrolled deforestation in South America (Setzer et al. 1988; Malingreau and Tucker 1988), and due to an increase in the area of cultivated land with the expansion of population in Africa and South America (Seiler and Crutzen 1980; Houghton et al. 1987). In the burning process trace gases and particulates are emitted to the atmosphere, and the ability of the earth to fix CO2 is substantially reduced (17% of the primary productivity occurs in the humid tropical forests — Atjay et al. 1979; Mooney et al. 1987), and as a result has a strong contribution to the anticipated climate change (Houghton and Woodwell 1989).

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    Y. J. Kaufman, C. Justice & C. J. Tucker

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    Y. J. Kaufman

  3. National Institute of Space Research (INPE), 12.201, Sao José dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    A. Setzer & M. C. Pereira

  4. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20771, USA

    C. Justice

  5. Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, New York, NY, 10025, USA

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Kaufman, Y.J., Setzer, A., Justice, C., Tucker, C.J., Pereira, M.C., Fung, I. (1990). Remote Sensing of Biomass Burning in the Tropics. In: Goldammer, J.G. (eds) Fire in the Tropical Biota. Ecological Studies, vol 84. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75395-4_16

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