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Ammonia emissions in tropical biomass burning regions: Comparison between satellite-derived emissions and bottom-up fire inventories

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Vegetation fires emit large amounts of nitrogen compounds in the atmosphere, including ammonia (NH3). Excess NH3 is known to be responsible for several environmental issues: eutrophication of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem, soil acidification, and loss of plant diversity. NH3 emissions, which are mainly estimated from bottom-up approaches, are still subject to large uncertainties. NH3 satellite measurements are now available since a few years and offer the possibility to enhance our knowledge of NH3 sources and to reduce the remaining uncertainties on their magnitude. Global bi-daily NH3 total columns can in particular be derived from the IASI infrared sounder onboard MetOp satellites using a retrieval method developed at the Universit
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insu-01245346 , version 1 (17-12-2015)

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Simon Whitburn, Martin van Damme, Johannes W. Kaiser, Guido R. van Der Werf, Solène Turquety, et al.. Ammonia emissions in tropical biomass burning regions: Comparison between satellite-derived emissions and bottom-up fire inventories. EGU General Assembly 2015, Apr 2015, Vienna, Austria. pp.id. 9710. ⟨insu-01245346⟩
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