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Satellite observation highlights of the 2010 russian wildfires
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Douglass, Anne R. Witte, Jacquelyn C. Duncan, Bryan N. daSilva, Arlindo Torres, Omar |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | From late-July through mid-August 2010, wildfires raged in western Russia. The resulting thick smoke and biomass burning products were transported over the highly populated Moscow city and surrounding regions, seriously impairing visibility and affecting human health. We demonstrate the uniqueness of the 2010 Russian wildfires by using satellite observations from NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) platforms. Over Moscow and the region of major fire activity to the southeast, we calculate unprecedented increases in the MODIS fire count record of 178 %, an order of magnitude increase in the MODIS fire radiative power (308%) and OMI absorbing aerosols (255%), and a 58% increase in AIRS total carbon monoxide (CO). The exceptionally high levels of CO are shown to be of comparable strength to the 2006 El Nino wildfires over Indonesia. Both events record CO values exceeding 30x10(exp 7) molec/ square cm. |
| File Size | 1214294 |
| Page Count | 12 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110007963 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9479ck8c |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment Pollution Imaging Spectrometers Forests Biomass Burning Combustion Products Satellite Observation Aura Spacecraft Smoke Remote Sensing Forest Fires Russian Federation Terra Spacecraft Aqua Spacecraft Modis Radiometry Carbon Monoxide Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
