Biomass burning and global change

著者

• Levine, Joel S.

書誌事項

Biomass burning and global change

edited by Joel S. Levine

MIT Press, 1996

• vol. 1
• vol. 2

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

vol. 1 ISBN 9780262122016

内容説明

The 1989 report of the National Research Council, Global Change and Our Common Future states: "Our planet and global environment are witnessing the most profound changes in the brief history of the human species. Human activity is the major agent of those changes-depletion of stratospheric ozone, the threat of global warming, deforestation, acid precipitation, the extinction of species, and others that have not become apparent." One human activity that leads to all of these global changes is the burning of the world's living and dead vegetation. And human-initiated biomass burning has increased significantly over the last century. Biomass Burning and Global Change assesses the impact of biomass burning as a driver for global change. The two volumes bring together the most recent results of a massive climatic research project in over 80 contributions by more than 200 scientists representing a dozen different countries. The contributions are divided into the tropical, temperate, and boreal regions of the world, and many of the contributors are from countries where burning is widespread. All aspects of biomass burning are covered-from fire ecology to atmospheric chemistry and climate. Topics include the remote sensing of fires from space, the characteristics and ecology of fire, gaseous and particulate emissions from burning, and the impact of these emissions on the chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere and on global climate. 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.

目次

• Introduction, Joel S. Levine. Part 1 Remote sensing - global and a regional scales: Mission to planet Earth - land-cover/land-use change program, Anthony C. Janetos et al
• Developing a global vegetation fire monitoring system for global change studies - a framework, Jean Paul Malingreau, Jean-Marie Gregoire
• AVHRR monitoring of vegetation fires in the tropics - toward the development of a global product, Alberto w. Seltzer, Jean Paul Malingreau
• The simulation of AVHRR data for the evaluation of fire-detection techniques, Pete Dowty
• FireSat and the global monitoring of biomass burning, Joel S. levine et al. Part 2 Modelling and inventory development - global and regional scales: Estimates of biomass density for tropical forests, sandra Brown, Greg Gaston
• Land-use practices and biomass burning - impact on the chemical composition of the atmosphere, Claire Granier et al
• Modelling the influence of vegetation fires on the global carbon cycle, Frank Mack et al
• Black carbon, the global carbon cycle, and atmospheric carbon dioxide, Thomas a.J. Kuhlbusch, Paul J. Crutzen
• Biomass burning and the production of carbon dioxide - a numerical study, Alexis D. Kambis, Joel S. Levine
• A study of the mass transport of enhanced continental ozone in the tropics and its impact over remote southern Atlantic Ocean, Jennifer Richardson Olson
• Biomass burning smoke in the tropics - from sources to sinks, Krista, k. Laursen, Lawrence F. Radke
• The development of a global biomass burning inventory, Darrell Wayne Sproles. Part 3 Biomass burning in Africa: Satellite monitoring of vegetation fires on a multiannual basis at continental scale in africa, Brigitte Koffi et al
• Use of the Earth observation system in the space shuttle program for research and documentation of global vegetation fires - a case study from Madagascar, Johann G. Goldammer et al
• Chlorine and bromine in the biomass of tropical and temperate ecosystems, Lisa M. McKenzie et al
• Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and thermogravimetric analysis of tropical ecosystem biomass, Ronald A. Susott et al
• Biomass burning in the savannas of southern Africa with particular references to the Kruger National Park in South Africa, Winston S.W. Trollope
• Contribution of the spread-fire models in the study of savanna fires, Micheline Moula et al
• Trace gas and aerosol emissions from savanna fires, Meinrat O. Andreae et al
• regional trace gas distribution and air mass characteristics in the haze layer over southern Africa during the biomass burning season (September/October 1992) - observations and modelling from the STARE/SSFARI-92/DC3), Thomas Zenker et al. (Part contents)

巻冊次

vol. 2 ISBN 9780262122023

内容説明

The 1989 report of the National Research Council, Global Change and Our Common Future states: "Our planet and global environment are witnessing the most profound changes in the brief history of the human species. Human activity is the major agent of those changes-depletion of stratospheric ozone, the threat of global warming, deforestation, acid precipitation, the extinction of species, and others that have not become apparent." One human activity that leads to all of these global changes is the burning of the world's living and dead vegetation. And human-initiated biomass burning has increased significantly over the last century. Biomass Burning and Global Change assesses the impact of biomass burning as a driver for global change. The two volumes bring together the most recent results of a massive climatic research project in over 80 contributions by more than 200 scientists representing a dozen different countries. The contributions are divided into the tropical, temperate, and boreal regions of the world, and many of the contributors are from countries where burning is widespread. All aspects of biomass burning are covered-from fire ecology to atmospheric chemistry and climate. Topics include the remote sensing of fires from space, the characteristics and ecology of fire, gaseous and particulate emissions from burning, and the impact of these emissions on the chemistry of the troposphere and stratosphere and on global climate. 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.

目次

• Introduction, Joel S. Levine. Part 4 Biomass burning in South Africa: Mapping fire scars in the Brazilian Cerrado using AVHRR imagery, Christine A. Hlavka et al
• Characterizing Brazilian fires and estimating areas burned by using the airborne infrared disaster assessment system, James A. Brass et al
• Types of grassland fires and nitrogen volatilization in tropical savannas of Calabozo, Venezuela, Bibiana Bilbao, E. Medina
• Biomass burning emissions of atmospheric methyl halide and hydrocarbon gases in the South Atlantic region, Nicola J. Blake et al
• Biomass burning effects on the distribution of atmospheric methane in Brazil, Volker W.J.H. Kirchhoff et al
• The biomass burning sequence of the Brazilian Cerrado and observations of atmospheric ozone, Volker W.J.H. Kirchhoff, Hamilton G. Pavao
• Amazonian and global warming - annual balance of greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change in Brazil's Amazon region, Philip M. Fearnside
• Temporal and spatial variability of aerosol loading and properties during the amazon, North American temperate, and boreal forest burning seasons, Brent N. Holben et al
• Long-term atmospheric aerosol study in Cuiaba, Brazil - multielemental composition, sources, and impact of biomass burning, Willy Maenhaut et al
• One thousand years of fire history of Andino-Patagonian forests recovered from sediments of the Rio Epuyen River, Chubut Province, Argentina, Johann G. Goldammer et al. Part 5 Biomass burning in southeast Asia: Survey of fires in southeast Asia and India during 1987, Christopher D. Elvidge, Kimberly E. Baugh
• Biomass fuel utilization in tropical Asia, Terrence G. Bensel, Robert C. Harris. Part 6 Biomass burning in temperate ecosystems: relationship between remotely sensed fire intensity and rate of emission of smoke - SCAR-C experiment, Yoram J. Kaufman et al
• Particle and trace-gas measurements in the smoke from prescribed burns of forest products in the Pacific northwest, Peter V. Hobbs et al
• Particle-size distributions, elemental compositions, carbon measurements, and optical properties of smoke from biomass burning in the Pacific northwest of the United States, J. Vanderlei et al
• Emissions from forest burning in the southeastern United Sates - application of a model determining spatial and temporal fire variation, James M. Vose et al
• Baselines biomass burning emissions of eastern North America, James S. Clark. (Part contents).

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA29963120
• ISBN:
  • 0262122014
  • 0262122022
• LCCN: 96035030
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cambridge, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: 2 v.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : TD195.B56
  • DC20 : 628.5/3
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Burning of land -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : Fuelwood -- Burning -- Environmental aspects
  • LCSH : Climatic changes