Biomass Burning
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:402055
Biomass burning may be the overwhelming regional or continental-scale source of methane (CH4) as in tropical Africa and a significant global source of CH4. The authors best estimate of present methane emissions from biomass burning is about 51.9 Tg/yr, or 10% of the annual methane emissions to the atmosphere. Increased frequency of fires that may result as the Earth warms up may result in increases in this source of atmospheric methane.
- Research Organization:
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA (United States). Langley Research Center
- OSTI ID:
- 402055
- Report Number(s):
- N--96-28232; NASA-TM--111544; NAS--1.15:111544; NIPS--96-55837
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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