Transcontinental wildfire emissions monitored from space
A computer-based simulation of the trans-boundary movement of carbon monoxide released from South American wild fires. The transport route of the carbon monoxide is clearly visible moving across Southern Africa to Australia, as confirmed by SCIAMACHY obse
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May 9, 2007 As technology enables us to measure complex systems, we are often surprised by the results. Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard the European Space Agency’s environmental satellite Envisat, scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated from South American wildfires some 13,000 kilometres away.
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