Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 6112
• Main Authors: Gaveau, David L. A., Salim, Mohammad A., Hergoualc'h, Kristell, Locatelli, Bruno, Sloan, Sean, Wooster, Martin, Marlier, Miriam E., Molidena, Elis, Yaen, Husna, DeFries, Ruth, Verchot, Louis, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Nasi, Robert, Holmgren, Peter, Sheil, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 19.08.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/158/2165; 704/158/2465; 704/158/672; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Burning; Carbon - analysis; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation; Drought; El Nino; Emissions; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; Fires; Greenhouse gases; Haze; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indonesia; multidisciplinary; Oceans; Peat; Peatlands; Pollutants; Pollution index; Rain; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Science; Southern Oscillation; Indonesia; Southeast Asia

Trans-boundary haze events in Southeast Asia are associated with large forest and peatland fires in Indonesia. These episodes of extreme air pollution usually occur during drought years induced by climate anomalies from the Pacific (El Niño Southern Oscillation) and Indian Oceans (Indian Ocean Dipol...