Emission factors of CO2, CO and CH4 from Sumatran peatland fires in 2013 based on shipboard measurements

Hideki Nara; Hiroshi Tanimoto; Yasunori Tohjima; Hitoshi Mukai; Yukihiro Nojiri; Toshinobu Machida

doi:10.1080/16000889.2017.1399047

Emission factors of CO2, CO and CH4 from Sumatran peatland fires in 2013 based on shipboard measurements

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 69 (2017): Issue 1

By: Hideki Nara, Hiroshi Tanimoto, Yasunori Tohjima, Hitoshi Mukai, Yukihiro Nojiri and Toshinobu Machida

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Submitted on: May 24, 2017

Accepted on: Oct 25, 2017

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Keywords:

peat,

emission factor,

methane,

carbon monoxide,

Indonesia,

shipboard observation

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