Biomass Burning and Its Inter-Relationships with the Climate System

JOHN L. INNES University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada The interactions between biomass burning and climate have been brought into focus by a number of recent events. Firstly, the Framework Convention on Climate Change and, more recently, the Kyo

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ADVANCES IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH VOLUME 3

Editor-in-Chief Martin Beniston, Institute of Geography, University of Fribourg, Perolles, Switzerland

Editorial Advisory Board B. Allen-Diaz, Department ESPM-Ecosystem Sciences, University of Cal(fornia,

Berkeley, CA, US.A. R.S. Bradley, Department qfGeosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, Us.A. W. Cramer, Department (~fGlobal Change and Natural Systems, Potsdam Institutefor Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany. H.F. Diaz, NOAAlERUCDC, Bouldet; CO, US.A. S. Erkman, Institute for Communication and Analysis of Science and TechnologyICAST, Geneva, Switzerland. M. Lal, Centrefor Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India. M.M. Verstraete, Space Applications Institute, EC Joint Research Centre, Ispra (VA), Italy.

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BIOMASS BURNING AND ITS INTER-RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CLIMATE SYSTEM Edited by

John L. Innes University of British Columbia, Vancouvel; BC, Canada

Martin Beniston University ofFribourg, Switzerland

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Michel M. Verstraete joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy

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Cover: burnt down Alaskan black spruce forest (photo by Eric Kasischke)

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Table of contents List of Contributors Acknowledgements

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Biomass burning and climate: an introduction John L. Innes Global Biomass Burning: A Case Study of the Gaseous and Particulate Emissions Released to the Atmosphere During the 1997 Fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia Joel S. Levine

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Modelling the Effect of Landuse Changes on Global Biomass Emissions Sue A. Ferguson, David V. Sandberg and Roger Ottmar

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Direct effects of fire on the boreal forest carbon budget Eric S. Kasischke, Brian 1. Stocks, Kathy O'Neill, Nancy H.F. French and Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez

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The impact of biomass burning on the global budget of ozone and ozone precursors Claire Granier, Jean-Fram;ois Miiller and GllY Brasseur

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Impact of the 1997 Indonesian fires on tropospheric ozone and its precursors D.A. Hauglustaine, G.P. Brasseur and 1.S. Levine

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