Estimates of Biomass Burning Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Emissions from the GOES Imager

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Estimates of Biomass Burning Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Emissions from the GOES Imager. Xiaoyang Zhang , Shobha Kondragunta, and Chris Schmidt. Fuel Moisture category derived from weekly NOAA GVIx vegetation health condition. Fuel loading derived from MODIS land product. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Estimates of Biomass Burning Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Emissions from the GOES Imager

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Xiaoyang Zhang , Shobha Kondragunta, and Chris Schmidt

Fuel loading derived from MODIS land product

Fuel Moisture category derived from weekly NOAA GVIx vegetation health condition

Half hourly PM2.5 emissions from GOES fires

Annual PM2.5 emissions from GOES fires

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