Global emissions of particles and chemical compounds from wildland fires
into the atmosphere have a strong impact on the airs composition. In the
tropics, every year numerous deforestation and savanna maintenance fires
emit vast amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere. Also extratropical
wildland fires can affect air quality on a regional and inter-continental scale.
Models that simulate sources, transport and sinks of chemical species and
particles in the atmosphere make use of fire emission inventories to describe
this highly variable source. This book presents an analysis of new global...